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Date Created: 2016-09-29 00:34:59.615918+00
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|N T'HE COURT CF CR|M|NAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

No. wR-sz,zm;oi

EX PARTE J()HN LAWRENCE MATTHEWS, Applicant

 

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 10823JD-HC-1 IN THE lST DISTRICT COURT
FROM JASPER COUNTY

Per curiam.
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Pursuant to the provisions of Article ll.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.Zd 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant Was convicted of capital murder
and sentenced to life imprisonment The Thirteenth Cour't of Appeals affirmed his conviction in
Matthe1vs v. Stale, No. l3-lZ-00062-CR (Tex. A_pp._Edinhurg_Corpus Christi July 25, 2013)(not
designated for publication).

Applicant contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance Applicant has
alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washz`nglon, 466 U.S. 668 (1984);

Ex parte Palterson, 993 S.W.Zd ll4, 115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). In these circumstances,

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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 CR!M. PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d).

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. 2604 l n v w ' l

The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether counsel: (l)
failed to file a motion to suppress the evidence that was obtained by a warrantless search of the crime

scene, (2) failed to file a motion to suppress Applicant’s DNA that was taken illegally, (3) failed to

argue that Applicant was arrested without a warrant, (4) failed to argue that Applicant was arrested

using an illegal GPS phone track (5) failed to object to the autopsy report, (6) failed to obtain an

expert to challenge the State’s theory of the victim’s death, (7) failed to interview a witness and his
girlfriend who could have testified that they saw Jason Brown, not Applicant, exit the room after the
victim fell through the motel window, and (8) failed to send the evidence _to an independent lab for
review. The trial court shall also 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. l

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

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

be obtained from this Court.

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