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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                           NO. AP-76,898

                         EX PARTE JOSE LUIS JIMENEZ, Applicant

               ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
            CAUSE NO. 20080D02726-210-1 IN THE 210TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM EL PASO COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                               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 was convicted of driving while

intoxicated and sentenced to sixteen years’ imprisonment. The Eighth Court of Appeals affirmed

his conviction. Jimenez v. State, No. 08-08-00347-CR (Tex. App. – El Paso, January 1, 2011).

        Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel

failed to timely notify Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed and failed to advise him of

his right to petition pro se for discretionary review. We remanded this application to the trial court

for findings of fact and conclusions of law.    Appellate counsel filed an affidavit with the trial court.
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In his affidavit, appellate counsel states that a copy of the court of appeals’ judgment was timely

mailed to Applicant at his last known address. However, appellate counsel does not submit a copy

of the letter or the return receipt, and does not state that he advised Applicant of his right to file a pro

se PDR. Based on that affidavit, the trial court has entered findings of fact and conclusions of law

that appellate counsel failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 48.4 of the Texas Rules of

Appellate Procedure, and failed to notify Applicant “of his right to timely file a PDR.” The trial

court recommends that relief be granted. Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997).

        We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time petition

for discretionary review of the judgment of the Eighth Court of Appeals in Cause No. 08-08-00347-

CR that affirmed his conviction in Cause No. 08-08-00347-CR from the 210th District Court of El

Paso County. Applicant shall file his petition for discretionary review with this Court within 30 days

of the date on which this Court’s mandate issues.

Delivered: October 31, 2012
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