Court Opinion

ID: 9399487
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-06-04 23:12:36.679255+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:23.201836
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-94,387-01

                         EX PARTE MONIQUE VALLES, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
               CAUSE NO. CRW2104083A IN THE 81ST DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM WILSON COUNTY

       Per curiam. SLAUGHTER , J. filed a concurring opinion.

                                           OPINION

       Applicant was convicted of evading arrest and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. She

filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk

forwarded it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.

       Applicant contends that she was denied her right to an appeal because counsel failed to

timely file a notice of appeal. Based on the record, counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal.

       Relief is granted. Ex parte Axel, 757 S.W.2d 369 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988); Jones v. State,

98 S.W.3d 700 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003). Applicant may file an out-of-time appeal of her conviction

in cause number CRW2104083 from the 81st District Court of Wilson County. Within ten days from

the date of this Court’s mandate, the trial court shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If
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Applicant is indigent and wants to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel

to represent her on direct appeal. Should Applicant decide to appeal, she must file a written notice

of appeal in the trial court within thirty days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

       Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered:             May 31, 2023
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