Court Opinion

ID: 4163674
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Date Created: 2017-04-27 07:18:30.115485+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:22:54.649464
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-86,317-01

                         EX PARTE HANI MOFIDINASAB, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                 CAUSE NO. 120-15-A IN THE 2ND 25TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM GONZALES COUNTY

        Per curiam. ALCALA , J., filed a concurring opinion.

                                              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 four counts of

manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for each

count. He did not appeal his convictions.

        Applicant contends, among other things, that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance

because he allowed Applicant to plead to charges that violated double jeopardy.

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

466 U.S. 668 (1984); Ex parte Patterson, 993 S.W.2d 114, 115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). In these
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circumstances, additional facts are needed. As we held in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294

(Tex. Crim. 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 claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. 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 as to whether Applicant’s

convictions for Counts I and II constituted multiple punishments for possession with intent to deliver

the same substance. The trial court shall also make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to

whether the performance of Applicant’s trial counsel was deficient. Should the court determine that

counsel’s performance was deficient in not discovering a double jeopardy issue, it shall make further

facts addressing whether Applicant would have insisted on a trial, but for counsel’s error. 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 claims 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 must

be requested by the trial court and shall be obtained from this Court.
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Filed: April 26, 2017
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