Court Opinion

ID: 4160628
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Date Created: 2017-04-17 07:17:15.006696+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-86,544-01

                        EX PARTE JERRY WAYNE HOGG, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. 14-7444-A IN THE 106th DISTRICT COURT
                              FROM DAWSON 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 driving while

intoxicated and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The Eleventh Court of Appeals dismissed the

appeal concerning his conviction. Hogg v. State, No. 11-16-00144-CR (Tex. App.—Eastland June

16, 2016) (not designated for publication).

        Applicant contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance because, among other

things, she failed to investigate, erred in advising Applicant to turn down the State’s plea offer, and,

through her actions and inactions, coerced Applicant into entering into a plea of guilty.
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         Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668 (1984); Ex parte Patterson, 993 S.W.2d 114, 115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). 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

shall order trial counsel to respond to Applicant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. 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.

         It appears from the record that Applicant is currently represented by counsel. However, if

this is no longer true, and 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, 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

performance of Applicant’s trial counsel was deficient and, if so, whether counsel’s deficient

performance prejudiced Applicant. 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
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be requested by the trial court and shall be obtained from this Court.

Filed: April 12, 2017
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