Court Opinion

ID: 4029060
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-08-27 08:55:14.133031+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:45:05.866025
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-84,210-01

                     EX PARTE ROLANDO GOMEZ-REYES, Applicant

               ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
            CAUSE NO. 2012-DCR-03059-B IN THE 138TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM CAMERON COUNTY

                                              ORDER

        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 was convicted of two counts of

aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child and sentenced to fifteen

years’ imprisonment on each count. He did not appeal his conviction.

        Applicant alleges, among other things, that his plea was involuntary because he had received

threats to his family’s lives from the victim’s family, his son was kidnapped and beaten, and that his

attorney was “bought” and was threatened if Applicant was not convicted.

        Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. In these circumstances,

additional facts are needed. As we held in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim.
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Ohio App. 1960), the trial court is the appropriate forum for findings of fact. The trial court shall order

trial counsel to respond to Applicant’s claims of involuntary plea. The trial court may use any means

set out in TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 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 wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an

attorney to represent Applicant at the hearing. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04.

         The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law in regard to Applicant’s

claim that his plea was involuntary. The trial court shall also make any other findings of fact and

conclusions of law that it deems relevant and appropriate to the disposition of Applicant’s claim for

habeas corpus relief.

       This application will be held in abeyance until the trial court has resolved the fact issues. The

issues shall be resolved within 90 days of this order. A supplemental transcript containing all

affidavits and interrogatories or the transcription of the court reporter’s notes from any hearing or

deposition, along with the trial court’s supplemental findings of fact and conclusions of law, shall

be forwarded to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. Any extensions of time shall

be obtained from this Court.

Filed: August 24, 2016
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