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ID: 2941407
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                           NO. AP-76,248

                 EX PARTE MICHAEL ANSHUN WALKER, Applicant

               ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
               CAUSE NO. 30,597-CR IN THE 13 TH DISTRICT COURT
                          FROM NAVARRO 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 possession with

intent to deliver a controlled substance and sentenced to sixty-five years’ imprisonment.

        Applicant contends that his counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We remanded this

application to the trial court to allow counsel an opportunity to respond to this claim.

        Counsel has filed an affidavit in response to the claim, and the trial court has determined that

a timely notice of appeal was not filed thorough no fault of Applicant. We find, therefore, that
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Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction

in Cause No. 30,597-CR from the 13th Judicial District Court of Navarro County. Applicant is

ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he may then,

with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal. All time limits shall be calculated as if the

sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues. We hold that,

should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file a written notice

of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.

Delivered: October 28, 2009
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