Court Opinion

ID: 3176622
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Date Created: 2016-02-11 08:33:24.678633+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-81,243-02

                      EX PARTE NICHOLAS A. MORRISEY, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                             CAUSE NO. 10CR3249-83-2
                          TH
                IN THE 405 DISTRICT COURT FROM GALVESTON COUNTY

        Per curiam. Yeary, J. filed a dissenting opinion.

                                            OPINION

        Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 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.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant pleaded guilty to online solicitation

of a minor and, after a period of deferred adjudication, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

He did not appeal his conviction.

        This Court, in Ex parte Lo, held unconstitutional the online solicitation of a minor statute for

which Applicant was convicted. Ex parte Lo, 424 S.W.3d 10 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). Applicant,

through counsel, filed this habeas application based on the Lo decision and asks that his conviction
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be set aside. The State recommends that relief be granted in this cause. We agree.

       Relief is granted. The judgment in Cause No. 10CR3249 in the 405th District Court of

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

County to answer the charges as set out in the indictment so that the indictment may be disposed of

in accordance with this Court’s opinion in Ex parte Lo. The trial court shall issue any necessary

bench warrant within 10 days after the mandate of this Court issues.

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

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: February 10, 2016
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