Court Opinion

ID: 9391138
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-05-01 01:10:54.589356+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:39.651894
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                        OF TEXAS
                                       NO. WR-94,650-01

                  EX PARTE EDIBERTO ANTONIO DELEON, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. 83201-CR-A IN THE 149TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM BRAZORIA COUNTY

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

                                          OPINION

       Applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to seventy years’ imprisonment. The First

Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.         DeLeon v. State, No. 01-19-00695-CR (Tex.

App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 24, 2021) (not designated for publication). Applicant filed this

application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk forwarded

it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.

       Applicant contends that appellate counsel failed to timely inform Applicant that his

conviction had been affirmed and advise him of his right to file a pro se petition for discretionary

review. Based on the record, the trial court has determined that appellate counsel’s performance was

deficient and that Applicant would have timely filed a petition for discretionary review but for
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counsel’s deficient performance.

       Relief is granted. Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997); Ex parte Crow,

180 S.W.3d 135 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).          Applicant may file an out-of-time petition for

discretionary review of the judgment of the First Court of Appeals in cause number 01-19-00695-

CR. Should Applicant decide to file a petition for discretionary review, he must file it with this

Court within thirty days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

       Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: April 26, 2023
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