Court Opinion

ID: 4437478
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-09-12 05:15:35.403043+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:53:13.768143
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-63,583-28

                           EX PARTE RONNIE TURNER, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                         CAUSE NO. C-3-W011403-0941085-O
                   IN CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NUMBER THREE
                             FROM TARRANT COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                              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 aggravated

robbery and sentenced to forty-five years’ imprisonment. The Second Court of Appeals affirmed his

conviction. Turner v. State, No. 02-05-00427-CR (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Oct. 5, 2006) (not

designated for publication).

        Applicant contends, among other things, that he is actually innocent. This application,

however, presents a more serious question. According to this Court’s records, Applicant has filed
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at least five previous applications that have been dismissed under Article 11.07, § 4 of the Code of

Criminal Procedure. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise issues that have

been presented and rejected in previous applications or that should have been presented in previous

applications. The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily abused. Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S.
1 (1963); Ex parte Carr, 511 S.W.2d 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). Because of his repetitive claims,

we hold that Applicant’s claims are barred from review under Article 11.07, § 4, and are waived and

abandoned by his abuse of the writ. This application is dismissed.

        Therefore, we instruct the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals not to accept any future

application pertaining to this conviction unless Applicant is able to show in such an application that

any claims presented have not been raised previously and that they could not have been presented

in a previous application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Bilton, 602 S.W.2d 534 (Tex. Crim.

App. 1980).

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

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Filed: September 11, 2019
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