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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

NO. AP-76,121

EX PARTE LEOBARDO MACIAS, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 07-12-00177-CRK IN THE DISTRICT COURT
FROM KARNES 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 a writ of habeas corpus.  Ex parte
Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967).  Applicant was convicted of possession of a
deadly weapon in a penal institution and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.  Applicant attempted
to appeal his conviction, but the appeal was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  Macias v. State, No.
04-08-00661-CR (Tex. App–San Antonio, delivered October 29, 2008).  
            Applicant contends that his counsel  failed to timely file a notice of appeal.  Counsel filed
an affidavit in support of Applicant’s application and admits that he placed the notice of appeal in
the mail one day past the deadline.
            Counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal.  We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled
to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction in Cause No. 07-12-00177-CRK from the Judicial District Court of Karnes County.  Applicant is ordered returned to that
time at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he may then, with the aid of counsel,
obtain a meaningful appeal.  All time limits shall be calculated as if the sentence had been imposed
on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues.  We hold that, should Applicant desire to
prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file a written notice of appeal in the trial court
within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.
 
Delivered: April 1, 2009
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