Court Opinion

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        IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
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                                      NO. 73,504

            EX PARTE GEORGE LEROY TUCKER, JR., Applicant

            ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                             FROM DALLAS COUNTY

      The opinion was delivered per curiam.

                                     OPINION

      This is apost-conviction application for awrit ofhabeas corpus forwarded to this
Court pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. Applicant was convicted ofthe offense of
aggravated assault, and punishment was assessed at forty-five years imprisonment. This
conviction was affirmed. Tucker v. State. No. 05-95-01079-CR (Tex. App.- Dallas,
opinion delivered June 24,1996, no pet.).
       Applicant contends, inter alia, that he was denied an opportunity to file apetition
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for discretionary review because his appellate attorney did not notify himthat his

conviction had been affirmed. The trial court, upon an affidavit from Applicant's counsel

on appeal, has recommended that relief be granted, and we agree. $££ Ex Parte Wilson.

956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997).

       Habeas corpus relief is granted, in part, and Applicant is granted leave to file an

out-of-time petition for discretionary review from his conviction in cause number F-94-

62471-HR from the 2658th Judicial District Court of Dallas County. Applicant is ordered

returned to the point at which he can file a meaningful petition for discretionary review.

For purposes of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, all time limits shall be

calculated as if the Court of Appeals' decision had been rendered on the day the mandate

of this Court issues. We hold that shouldApplicant desireto seek discretionary review,

he must take affirmative steps to seethathis petition is filed in the Court of Appeals

within thirty days of the date the mandate of this Court has issued.

       Applicant's remaining claims arehereby dismissed.

DELIVERED: September 8, 1999
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