Court Opinion

ID: 9368586
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-02-05 21:09:42.613443+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:09.283674
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-93,821-01

                    EX PARTE JESSE RAY OHLEMACHER, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. 1394386-A IN THE 339TH DISTRICT COURT
                             FROM HARRIS COUNTY

       Per curiam. YEARY , J., filed a concurring opinion.

                                           OPINION

       Applicant was convicted of possession of cocaine, a penalty group one substance, in the

amount of less than one gram, and was sentenced to 180 days in state jail. 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 contends that his plea was involuntary because after his conviction, the substance

was tested and determined to be A-PVP, a penalty group two controlled substance. Applicant was

unaware of the 2013 lab report until the District Attorney sent him a letter in 2021. He contends he

is entitled to relief based on a due process violation or an involuntary plea claim because he did not

know when he entered his guilty plea and was convicted that he did not in fact possess a penalty
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group one substance.

       Based on the record, the trial court has determined that Applicant’s conviction violated due

process and his guilty plea was involuntary. The lab report established that Applicant possessed a

penalty group two controlled substance. Therefore, Applicant is entitled to relief. The trial court’s

findings of fact and conclusions of law are supported by the record.

       Relief is granted. Ex parte Mable, 443 S.W.3d 129 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014), Brady v. United

States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970). The judgment in cause number 139438601010 in the 339th District

Court of Harris County is set aside. We remand this case to the trial court for further proceedings.

See Ex parte Harrington, 310 S.W.3d 452, 460 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010).

Delivered: February 1, 2023
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