Court Opinion

ID: 4580416
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-10-26 07:14:50.088649+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:42:58.819041
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                       OF TEXAS
                                 NOS. WR-91,806-01; WR-91,806-02

                        EX PARTE JAMES ALLEN JACKSON, Applicant

               ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS
         CAUSE NOS. CR1607300 & CR1607301 IN THE 273RD DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM SABINE COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                               OR D ER

        Applicant was convicted of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child and sentenced to life

imprisonment for both cause numbers . The Sixth Court of Appeals affirmed his convictions. Jackson v.

State, 06-18-00054-CR & 06-18-00055-CR)(Tex. App.—Texarkana Dec. 27, 2018)(not designated

for publication). Applicant filed these applications for writs of habeas corpus in the county of conviction,

and the district clerk forwarded them this Court. See TEX. CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.

        Applicant contends, among other things, that trial counsel was ineffective by failing to raise

insufficient evidence, failing to object to evidence and prosecutor’s comments, failing to request extra
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peremptory challenges, making an objectionable comment, and opening the door to inadmissible evidence.

Applicant also alleges that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise a claim of insufficient

evidence on appeal. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v .

Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). Accordingly, the record 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 both trial and appellate counsel to respond to Applicant’s claims. In developing the record, the trial

court may use any means set out in Article 11.07, § 3(d). It appears that Applicant is represented by

counsel. If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine if Applicant is represented by counsel,

and if not, 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 as to whether trial counsel’s or

appellate 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.
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Filed:         October 21, 2020
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