Court Opinion

ID: 4399626
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-05-23 07:46:22.135276+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:52:21.165576
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-89,823-01

                             EX PARTE JUAN JIMENEZ, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                 CAUSE NO. 1408197-A IN THE 183RD 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 a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte

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

and sentenced to life imprisonment. The First Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Jimenez

v. State, No. 01-15-00783-CR (Tex. App. — Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 15, 2016) (not designated for

publication).

        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 pro se for discretionary review.
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       Appellate counsel filed an affidavit with the trial court. Based on that affidavit and an

affidavit from the Mail Room Assistant Supervisor from the unit where Applicant was imprisoned

during the applicable period, 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 review pro se.

       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 First Court of Appeals in Cause No. 01-15-00783-CR

that affirmed his conviction in Cause No. 1408197 from the 183rd District Court of Harris County.

Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). Applicant shall file his petition for

discretionary review with this Court within 30 days of the date on which this Court’s mandate issues.

Delivered:     May 22, 2019
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