Court Opinion

ID: 4318043
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-10-04 07:32:56.597947+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:59:40.336192
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-88,401-01

                        EX PARTE EDWARD KYLE BYRD, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                   CAUSE NO. 15299-A IN THE 29TH DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM PALO PINTO COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                              ORDER

        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 pleaded guilty and was convicted

of aggravated kidnapping. He was sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment, pursuant to a plea

bargain agreement.

        In his present application, Applicant raises twelve grounds challenging his conviction. This

application, however, presents a more serious question. Applicant alleges that counsel failed to file

an appeal after he requested one. In support of his allegations, Applicant submitted a document

purporting to be a letter to counsel requesting an appeal.
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        In opposition, counsel filed an affidavit and attached a copy of the letter Applicant actually

sent to him, which did not include the request to file an appeal. The trial court has found that

Applicant has submitted a falsified document in support of his application and should be cited for

abuse of the writ.

        The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily abused. Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S. 1

(1963); Ex parte Carr, 511 S.W.2d 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). We find that Applicant has abused

The Great Writ by submitting false evidence. We deny relief on this application and cite him for

abuse of the writ. By that abuse, Applicant has waived and abandoned any contention that he might

have in regard to the instant conviction, at least insofar as existing claims that he could have or

should have brought in the application. Ex parte Jones, 97 S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003);

Middaugh v. State, 683 S.W.2d 713 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985); Ex parte Emmons, 660 S.W.2d 106

(Tex. Crim. App. 1983). Additionally, based on Applicant’s submission of false evidence, we find

that Applicant has filed a frivolous lawsuit.

        Therefore, we instruct the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals not to accept or file the

instant application for a writ of habeas corpus, or any future application pertaining to this conviction

unless Applicant is able to show in such an application that any claims presented have not been

raised previously and that they could not have been presented in a previous application for a writ of

habeas corpus. Ex parte Bilton, 602 S.W.2d 534 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).

        Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Filed: October 3, 2018
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