Court Opinion

ID: 4567274
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Date Created: 2020-09-21 07:15:42.210764+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-91,638-01

                    EX PARTE RICHARD WAYNE BARBER, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                 CAUSE NO. 91-036A IN THE 207TH DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM CALDWELL COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                             ORDER

       Applicant was convicted of burglary of a habitation and sentenced to thirty years’

imprisonment. 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 says that he is eligible for and that the Parole Board must release him to mandatory

supervision (MS)1 on this sentence, but he says the Parole Board is not doing so because he is also

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         For offenses committed between August 29, 1977 to August 31, 1996, inmates eligible
for MS were entitled to release to MS when their calendar time in prison, plus their accrued good
conduct time, equaled 100% of their sentence. See former TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 42.12 §
15(c) (eff. Aug. 29,1977), re-codified (eff. Sep. 1, 1985) and amended (eff. Sep. 1, 1987) at TEX .
CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 42.18 § 8(c).
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serving a concurrent sentence for which he is not being released to discretionary mandatory

supervision (DMS)2.

        Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Accordingly, the record

should be developed. The trial court is the appropriate forum for findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM .

PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court shall order the Board of Pardons and Paroles’s Office of the

General Counsel to obtain a response from a person with knowledge of relevant facts. In developing

the record, the trial court may use any means set out in Article 11.07, § 3(d). If the trial court elects

to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and

wants to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent him at the

hearing. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04. If counsel is appointed or retained, the trial court

shall immediately notify this Court of counsel’s name. The trial court shall make findings of fact and

conclusions of law regarding Applicant’s claim, and the trial court may make any other findings and

conclusions that it deems appropriate.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days from

the date of this order. The district clerk shall then immediately forward to this Court the trial court’s

findings and conclusions and the record developed on remand, including, among other things,

affidavits, motions, objections, proposed findings and conclusions, orders, and transcripts from

hearings and depositions. See TEX . R. APP. P. 73.4(b)(4). Any extensions of time must be requested

by the trial court and obtained from this Court.

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         For crimes committed on or after September 1, 1996, MS became discretionary based on
enumerated statutory factors. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 42.18 § 8(c) (eff. Sep. 1,1996),
re-codified at TEX . GOV ’T CODE § 508.149(b) (eff. Sep. 1,1997).
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Filed:         September 16, 2020
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