Court Opinion

ID: 9401174
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-06-12 00:15:08.052242+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:51.161338
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-94,535-01

                   EX PARTE MICHAEL DEIONDRE BOWEN, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. WRIT12282 IN THE 354TH DISTRICT COURT
                             FROM HUNT COUNTY

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

                                            OPINION

        Applicant was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment.

The Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Bowen v. State, No. 05-19-00598-CR (Tex.

App.—Dallas Aug. 10, 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 he was unaware that his conviction had been affirmed and that he

had a right to file a pro se petition for discretionary review. Based on the record, the trial court has

determined that Applicant was denied his right to file a pro se petition for discretionary review

through no fault of his own.
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       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 Fifth Court of Appeals in cause number 05-19-00598-

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: June 7, 2023
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