Court Opinion

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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP76,765

EX PARTE OMAR MILES WHITE, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 03-CR-2990-B IN THE 117TH DISTRICT COURT

FROM NUECES COUNTY

 Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

	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 failure to comply
with registration requirements and was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. He did not appeal his
conviction. 
	Applicant contends his plea was involuntary because the sentence agreed to in the plea
bargain and assessed by the trial court was not authorized by law. Applicant had pleaded guilty to
a third-degree felony, but the proper offense level for his offense was a state jail felony. The trial
court has entered findings of fact and recommends granting relief, and the findings and
recommendation are supported by the record provided to this Court.
	Relief is therefore granted.  The judgment in cause no. 03-CR-2990-B in the Judicial District
Court of Nueces County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the sheriff of
Nueces County 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. It appears Applicant
is also serving a concurrent four-year sentence in a separate cause (no. 07-CR-2896) for a second
failure to register conviction. If Applicant wishes to challenge the second conviction, he must file
a separate application for a writ of habeas corpus regarding that conviction. See Tex. Code Crim.
Proc. art 11.07 §§ 1-3.
	Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional
Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: April 4, 2012
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