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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-75,524

EX PARTE JULIO CESAR JIMENEZ, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 97-06-02666-CR IN THE 293RD DISTRICT COURT

FROM ZAVALA COUNTY

 Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

	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 writ of habeas corpus.  Ex parte
Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967).  Applicant was convicted of murder and
sentenced to forty years' imprisonment. 
	Applicant contends that both of his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance because they
failed to timely file a notice of appeal.  We remanded this application to the trial court for findings
of fact and conclusions of law.
	The trial court has determined that trial counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal.  We
find, therefore, that applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the
judgment of conviction in Case No. 07-06-02666-CR from the 293rd Judicial District Court of Zavala
County, Texas.  Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of
appeal so that he may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal.  All time limits shall
be calculated as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court
issues.  We hold that, should applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps
to file a written notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate of this Court
issues.

Delivered: October 11, 2006
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