Court Opinion

ID: 4393060
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-05-02 06:46:13.717904+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:51:41.911751
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-84,173-02

                   EX PARTE LADEREK ADARIOUS FULLER, Applicant

               ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
             CAUSE NO. W08-53000-V(B) IN THE 292ND DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM DALLAS COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                              ORDER

        Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the

clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court this application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte

Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of capital murder

and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Fuller v.

State, No. 05-09-01099-CR (Tex. App. — Dallas, July 11, 2014) (not designated for publication).

        Applicant contends that his conviction was based on the material false testimony of

accomplice-witness Demetrius Ellis. Ellis has submitted an affidavit in which he states that his trial

testimony indicating that Applicant took part in planning the robbery and was the shooter who killed

the victim during the course of the robbery was false. The State responds that Ellis’s affidavit is not
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credible. The trial court has not entered findings of fact and conclusions of law.

       Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle to relief. Ex parte Weinstein, 421
S.W.3d 656 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). In these circumstances, additional facts are needed. As we

held in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960), the trial court is the

appropriate forum for findings of fact. The trial court may use any means set out in TEX . CODE

CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). In the appropriate case, the trial court may rely on its personal

recollection. Id.

       If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether Applicant is indigent.

If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel but is not represented by counsel,

the trial court shall appoint an attorney to represent Applicant at the hearing. TEX . CODE CRIM .

PROC. art. 26.04.

       The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether the trial

testimony of Demetrius Ellis was false, and if so, whether there is a reasonable likelihood that the

false testimony affected the judgment of the jury. The trial court shall also make any other findings

of fact and conclusions of law that it deems relevant and appropriate to the disposition of Applicant’s

claim for habeas corpus relief.

       This application will be held in abeyance until the trial court has resolved the fact issues. The

issues shall be resolved within 90 days of this order. A supplemental transcript containing all

affidavits and interrogatories or the transcription of the court reporter’s notes from any hearing or

deposition, along with the trial court’s supplemental findings of fact and conclusions of law, shall

be forwarded to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. Any extensions of time must

be requested by the trial court and shall be obtained from this Court.
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Filed: May 1, 2019
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