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                                                 William J.; Estelle Unit,TDCJ, IrE
                                                        TDCJ, ..I-D No# 648121
                                                      „ ^ .264 F;M< 3478
                                                     ,Huntsville, Texas 77320

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                                                                            -:—-•M"" / COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
 Hon:, Abel Acosta,:Glerk||t;";:: .;'•',',.                                                          APR 22 2015
 Texas Court of Criminal.appeals
 P. 0. Boxl2308, Capital.Station,
 Austin, Texas                                                                                       eiAcosta,i
                               78711^12308

 RE:...                ..JYIAURICEM^^
                        ON;-APPIiICATI0N FOm              KOESHAfiEAS^QOEPUS:;
                        Writ. No#-13;: 573-10. -..'....'
                        Cause Number^98TFT033i^2O2r;
                        APPLICANT'iSlMOTIONi FOR REHEARING.

 Dear Mr. Acosta,

                        I   find, myself severly perplexedby-the..Court's .DISMISSAL.of my applica-
 tionrffor habeas corpus relief,,in face.of :.what.:a                                                     entitl
 ing me to relief.
                   '•-' LhareinoiMea^                                                                     proper
 materialsJ'ACCESSi TO ffiURTS'^^                                                .need-to.research,, in order to know
 what to. file. Therefore.,.,1 amiimprovising.
      .. Pleasing .place^the^endosureilaefore :the:.icQurfe;at2>rour ^earliest eonven-
.iences.fpr consideration'.       '     '".'"
                                   °' '           '     . Respectfully-.

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                  IN THE TEXAS. COURT OF CRIMINAL.. APPEALS
                         ON THE ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS
                     APPLICATION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF

MAURICE MITCHELL
               LAJpplicant,
                                                §

                                                §       Writ No# 13:.. 573,09
Vs.

THE S.TATE OF TEXAS
                                                §
               [.Respondent,                    §

                 *     .APPLICANT' S. MOTIONFOR:: A :RE-HEARING         *

                                    [   ENBANC      ]      "
                ..ALTERNATIVELY: A MOTIONLFOR:RErHEARING PER. CURIAM

TO .THE..H0N0RABLE. JUSTICES OF SAID. COURT:

       Comes.. Now MAURICE.MITCHELL,.    pursuant ito the Texas.Rules. of the Court,
this Court's Local-rules,..;or..any applicable.rule, asking.:.this.Honorable Court
for a, [RE-HEARING], in .regards .to;his.:APPLICATION. FORfWRIX:0F H^EAS CORPUS
filed in this court:.on: oruabout FEBRUARY "23.: 2015 as a.resuM-ofrfthis.'Court's
*Por oin-iW' ORDERS issued, .-uDon ." I^^2i32nd:^rimiaanpistrict Court of Bowie
r^nm-y, TpxarkanaTfexasx on FEBRUARY:- 04, 2015...
        In; support::;. of ;this:request fori a rehearing applicant., will respectfully
show the following;
                                           I.
       Due uo previous Applications .filed:, in ithis court, pertaining to the:
SAME CONVICTION, your applicant was. Proce'turally..Barred.:;from,liaving: his: SECOND
APPLICATION considered, .on the: \"merits" UNLESS he could show he. was EXCUSED
in accordance with,: the :STATUE,.Vernons. Anotated :Code of Criminal Procedures
 Article 11.07 4 (a) (i or ii).
  APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR REHEARING, continued...

                                         -APPLICABLE LAW

         (a). In BIBBS V. KIRKENDALL:;2013:U;:S,rDist:.LEXIS.32872:Civil Action
  No# ll-CA-671-XR,...The., UnitedS:StaJ^sMDii&r:i^
  of.Texasl in regards to..a:, 42 .USGA:.§ .1983.:action. attacking article 11.07 of.
 Vernons annotatedt.Code:. of: Criminal: Procedures.,.stated, 'as. follows in regards
  to the STATUE.
          " IN AppnT0N3:;::T0:::M^
^APPLICANT. WITH:: Mr:,OPPX)RTU^                                                      EVENT".
 THAT: . '    THE. .CURRENTS C1^IMS:AND2::ISSU^^
 PRESENTED        PREVIOUSLY. IimiM-DRIGIMLM
 APPLICATION,       BECAUSEI..;   (i)-. THE_FACmJAI...OR:LEGAL.:BM                        UN
 AVAILABLE OR;
                                  . (ii).. .^^^
 A VIOLATION        OF^TflFZSUNITEDIirSTATESlC^
!FOUND..THE. .APPlIC^NTrGUffi^

          Citing; TexiGk^everirh.Prpcfart 11.07:.§ 4.
          This court:goesTori to:^I0TE,: that::: " Bibl3sr:avaia:ed:jhlmself*ofivBOTH OPPOR
 TUNITIES : :provideie::in:::ihe^
 court denied:M6s^piajca.tion.;:: While ::Bibb'.S;:::SEGOND;: applicatlonv'macle: claims .
 of "ACTUA. DWQCENCE",,, ;in-order:-*dr^the-raerits^dg:BIBB!:S:APPLICATION- to be
 considered by.-xhercourt:, su^
 FICIMT SPECIFIC:FACTS*!,^.....„.:e^                                     -exceptions...
          See;     Bibbs: supra, at^page: (5) 11 (4);
          0»)-»    THEREFORE;, in.:.::the:: ^^
 establish under :0NE:df:.t^^

 Specific Facts", in order .to be. EXCUSED.:bf.:the.Procedur^^
          Through his..: application,.. :[:MITGHELL]..shdwed:clearly,:his sufficient; and.
 specific facts.,:: article.£11.,.07: :4: (a) (,ii)::.i.,e;::":BY.AI^REPONDERANCE'OF THE
 EVIDENCE, . BUT . . FOR:TA.'.: VIOEmQN::OF::Tm::UNl^
 juror . could., have:: fxdund:^ihe:ap!pxicat^::guilt^^
.".   NO RATIONAL.jm0RaC0tO.:HAVE::F0UJ!roiT^
:MENT [TRUE],, beyond treasonable doubt.
APELIC^lS..RB^IE^^K-iiffiHE^ING^ continued...

                                               III.

                              :THIS.SC0lfe^S::DENIALvM::RELiEF:

       (a).. By._ this .SWORN AFFIDAVIT,. -this-verv pleading,:, applicant: S^
and. the unit mail room log shallrverify;:that on.:APRIL:10, 2015 [less than
14 or 28. days ago] .appIicanfe^RECElVEDi.thi                          NOTICE,- stating
as toldows:
          the xx)URt:ihas;:dismtssed:wIS0M::^^
FOR A WRIT OF:HABFAS:C0RPl]S:.: TEX.:.X^                               Sec 4 (a)e(c)..
r——--section. ..(.c-)k; of•the. statue,explains:§ ,llv07 4(a)(1) as follows;.
           (c). for: purpose-of .subsection .:(a)(l):, a ..factual basis of: acclaim
,1s:::. unavailable rdni^oft before:: a ;; date::described::hy.:. subsection:(a)(i) if that
.factual...basis_was:nd.t.:asceri^inable::thrQugh the. exercise.:of:..reasonable diligence
on.or before that date.

       THEREFORE:.,.'it.. appears::: "that .;t^s-:.H0N0RABI£:. Court:.has taken § (c.) and
applied: -it :^o:t^1^s::^;app].xcanti rand:..;has::totallyDISREGARDED:§ (a)(ii) which.-.
is^an :INDEPE!®ANT.:.excuse:..f^                                                             :
         :WHEREF^E::::PrenttsessiaQmsi^^                                                    APRIL
1^20il5:ORDER._...bf :^                                          ...;

                        i                       rv.

                             appligant:':s.:e^
                       J iS::SHOM:BY..THisivji^:eouRT':s::pRFC^

         (a).- Your :[A]pplicant: [HAS NOT] entered: this .Honorable court:with
 nothing, of his own:. . . Your., applicant:is::at^tihe'r:J:Mercy:Vv:of-T::this..„Cour.t'.and:..it!s
 jurisprudence.     Applicant: can. only       rely    on:::what:.THl^
 it' s precedent..... Pursuant::to±the STATUE,, applicant relies. on:.:§ 11.07 4 (a) (ii)
 ONLY. We have found: an ..authority, .t^
.case.    In..GR0UND:0F:ERRQR:0NE,:^
.sets .out..the.WRONGIDATE,,-as:th^
 criminal ..district.::,,,court.:.: of; Harris, „C6unty,.:Texas,under cause number: [447,141]].
APPLICANT'S REQUEST F^R REHEARING, continued...

         Section IV, continued...

          (b.). The: enhancement^paragraph-.-.of the indictment asserts that applicant
 was inally:Convicted, on APRIL 12, 1986.
          This   is... TOTAIiY.uTSITRUE*:.^
 under cause, number::[447,141]: on AUGUST 25, 1986.
         .THEREFmE: BBi:.:Fm:viOL^
JUROR .COULD ,HAVE.FOUTKTHE ,.HMANCEMENT..:PAMGRAPHS:m^                    AREASONABLE
DOUBT.
         Applicant; relies :. •on your ..authority: aslfound:InUEXPARTE BARFIELD 697
S,W, ,2d 420 [Tex.Cr.app.. 1985:] as./Controlling.
         Applicant. also.:.cited.: EXPARTE:::RICH::i94 S.W. ,2d 508:.[Tex.Cr.App. 2006]
as controlling..: in: that:. ;this is:a"NO EVIDENCE" Point, of,::error cognizable on
writ of habeas corpus.
         See; EXPARTE- WILLIAMS 703 S.W. 2d ,674,,[Tex.Cr.^p. LEXIS 1183 (1988).

         In applicant',s:;:SECOND.:issue:presented:to: this, Honorable;Court, he. asserts
continuously, that- he :::is: "Actually ...:Innocent" .:.of the:enhancement paragraphs
because, the enhancement; fa^s: to,.^                                           P?-™E-.'.'-
OFFENSE, under cause /number :[447,141.] lri.;:that the.statue article 12.42; (dto
require that all:: VAVERMENTS'.:.:. to:whiGh.:the.:.atate:.will:be called upon: to. prov-
by TRUE. BEYOND, AREASQNABLE.DQM                                           and
proven by the standard of: [Ti|RE||beyond,,a:reasonable doubt. Applicant cited
as. CONTROLLING, this., court's::.precedent set. out la.J0RDEN;V. STATE 256 S.W.
3d 285.[iex.Cr.App. 2008].
         Finally, .both: errors: shownconclusirvely,::that..."IF. NOT FOR VIOLATION:OF
THE ..U.S.... Constitution.,.:, .no: rational: .juror_.wouM:ha\-e..found[the enhancements
TRUE:beyond.a reaon&^Iedo^
bar, and_this Gourt.:was/is:;fi^e::to;consider:;,,^                              claims.
         May this :court .note, that applICBintwa^
[70] for..an.-:otherwise.±hi^^                                               penalty of
no less than two.years::.nor:more-than: ten:years:.
         See; This .court'.s. opinion, in EXPARTE:RICH, supraj
APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR REHEARING., in conclusion...

                                   CONCLUSION

.       :WHEREFjaRE^^anisfiS-::GonsMered^ :[A]pplicant..Prayj that: this~Hondrable'
Texas... Court. of.Criminal. .Appeals.,.: willWnHDRAWit's: APRIL.'Ol, 2015 ORDER of
DISMISSAL, arid grant/applicant a ."Rehearing"...;.:.in„. the .interest of justice.
         Applicant, pray . this.cause be. reversed :to:the:trial:court with instruc-
tions .to., grant...applicant a new trial.

                              Respectfully.. Submitted;
                                                                                     TTfTjp
                                                      Mr. Mauric          jPfo-se.
                                                      Your Novice
                                                      William J. Estelle Unit.
                                                      TDCJ, I-D No# 648121
                                                      264 F.M. 3478
                                                      Huntsville, Texas 77320

                                   NOTARYEQUIVALENT.

                         §
STATE OF TEXAS

County of WALKER:
                         §

        Subscribed: and SWORN, to .on the undersigned Is: oath,: .that the/above and
foregoing factual: allegations: of ..whichithe undersigned :does have- personal know
ledge ..are .true..correct and. complete,:to. which/he places;ihis^ftapd^and proprietory
SEAL on this Xhe/?SfJ day of APRIL. 2015 .
                                             Sincei
                                ;.::CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

   ...:,I.MAURICE MITCHELL.../do....hereby.: cer ify that/::a:|:true and correct ocpy
of. APPLICANT'S MOTION .FOR.;- PREHEARING. iENBANC]:ALTERNATIVELY:A: MOTION FOR
REHEARING PER CURIAM,...•/has.: .been./served; upon/the clerkiof the Tecxas Court
of Criminal     appeals;/ by ^placing sameln.the; United.^State's Mail/on this, the
IStk day ofi..APRIL:.2015;::postage prerpaid//addressed as follows:
lxa^rtG8!tCrSi!n;al Appeals -
P. 6. Box 12308, .Capital Station^^^f
Austin, Texas        '"'"'-.:
           78711-12308"

                       Respectfully .Submitted;
                                                             aurj^erg:gKtcheli,Pr):-se
                                                   /Specialize: LegalTEchnician/
                                                   .^Southern.Career Institute .
                                                    Paralegal No# P-7g-9169-Z
                                                    Wiliam J.. Estelle .unit      .
                                                    TDCJ, I-D No#. 648121
                                                    .264 F.M. 3478
                                                    Huntsville, Texas 77320           ...