Court Opinion

ID: 9881362
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-01 23:09:52.747363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:16.878153
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                           OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-94,910-01

                  EX PARTE MICHAEL ALEXANDER LEWIS, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                 CAUSE NO. D41493-CR IN THE 13TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM NAVARRO COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                            OPINION

        Applicant pleaded guilty to assault with family violence/household member - impeding

breath or circulation and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The Applicant did not file a

direct appeal. Applicant 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 his plea was involuntary because his plea bargain contemplated that

he would be bench warranted back to the trial court to be considered for a “shock probation” hearing

after he served six months of his sentence. The trial court has determined that Applicant’s plea was

involuntary.

        Relief is granted. Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970); Ex parte Austin, 746 S.W.2d
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226 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988). The judgment in cause number D41493-CR in the 13th District Court

of Navarro County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Navarro

County to answer the charges as set out in the indictment. The trial court shall issue any necessary

bench warrant within ten 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: September 27, 2023
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