Court Opinion

ID: 2941391
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Date Created: 2015-09-15 23:13:31.901719+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                           NO. AP-76,254

                     EX PARTE MICHAEL A. MIRANDA, Applicant

              ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
             CAUSE NO. 2007CR2903B IN THE 289 TH DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM BEXAR COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                           OPINION

        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 murder and

sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment.

        Applicant contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he failed to

timely file a notice of appeal. Counsel submitted an affidavit stating that he filed the notice of appeal

late in this case.

        The trial court has determined that trial counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We
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find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the

judgment of conviction in Cause No. 2007CR2903B from the 289th Judicial District Court of Bexar

County. 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: November 4, 2009
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