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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                          NO. AP-75,995

                 EX PARTE MARCOS EUGENIO GARCIA, Applicant

           ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
        CAUSE NO. 732598-A IN THE 176 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
                         FROM HARRIS 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 writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte

Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of delivery of a

controlled substance and sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals

affirmed his conviction. Garcia v. State, No. 14-99-00629-CR (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.],

May 17, 2001).

       Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel

failed to timely notify Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed and failed to advise him of
his right to petition for discretionary review pro se.

       Appellate counsel filed an affidavit with the trial court. Based on that affidavit, the trial court

has entered findings of fact and conclusions of law that appellate counsel failed to timely notify

Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed and failed to advise him of his right to petition for

discretionary appeal pro se. The trial court recommends that relief be granted. Ex parte Wilson, 956
S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity

to file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review of the judgment of the Fourteenth Court of

Appeals in Cause No. 14-99-00629-CR that affirmed his conviction in Case No. 732598 from the

176th Judicial District Court of Harris County. Applicant shall file his petition for discretionary

review with the Fourteenth Court of Appeals within 30 days of the date on which this Court’s

mandate issues.

Delivered: September 10, 2008
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