Court Opinion

ID: 9956081
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-03-31 21:12:34.536955+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:15:17.124094
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-95,535-01

                     EX PARTE MICHAEL LYNN GASTILE, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                              CAUSE NO. 1423410-A
                         TH
               IN THE 184 DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                           OPINION

       Applicant pleaded guilty and was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance less than

one gram and sentenced to one hundred and eighty days’ imprisonment in state jail. Applicant filed

this application for 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 his plea was involuntary because he did not know of the bad acts of

the officer who implicated him in this alleged offense. The State and the trial court agree that

Applicant’s plea was involuntary. Ex parte Mathews, 638 S.W.3d 685 (Tex. Crim. App. 2022); Ex

parte Coty, 418 S.W.3d 597 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). The State and the trial court both recommend
granting relief. We agree. Applicant is entitled to relief.

       Relief is granted. Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970). The judgment in Cause No.

142341001010 in the 184th Judicial District Court of Harris County is set aside, and Applicant is

remanded to the Harris County Sheriff to answer the charges as set out in the indictment. The trial

court shall issue any necessary bench warrant within 10 days after the mandate of this Court issues.

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

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: March 27, 2024
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