Court Opinion

ID: 9366911
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-01-30 02:12:49.573249+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:55.844672
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-92,046-03

                     EX PARTE DERIC EUGENE MADISON, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
              CAUSE NO. W14-76000-U(C) IN THE 291ST DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM DALLAS COUNTY

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

                                              ORDER

        Applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Fifth Court of

Appeals affirmed his conviction. Madison v. State, No. 05-15-00859-CR (Tex. App.—Dallas Nov.

8, 2016)(not designated for publication) 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, among other things, that trial counsel was ineffective by requesting a

felony murder charge which contradicted the defense at trial, by abandoning and failing to argue the

viable defense, and by failing to move for a directed verdict. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true,

might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). Accordingly, the record
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should be developed. The trial court is the appropriate forum for findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM .

PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court shall order trial counsel to respond to Applicant’s claim.

In developing the record, the trial court may use any means set out in Article 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 wants to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent him

at the hearing. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04. If counsel is appointed or retained, the trial

court shall immediately notify this Court of counsel’s name.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether trial counsel’s

performance was deficient and Applicant was prejudiced. The trial court may make any other

findings and conclusions that it deems appropriate in response to Applicant’s claims.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days from

the date of this order. The district clerk shall then immediately forward to this Court the trial court’s

findings and conclusions and the record developed on remand, including, among other things,

affidavits, motions, objections, proposed findings and conclusions, orders, and transcripts from

hearings and depositions. See TEX . R. APP . P. 73.4(b)(4). Any extensions of time must be requested

by the trial court and obtained from this Court.

Filed: January 25, 2023
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