Court Opinion

ID: 4221975
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-11-20 14:22:34.675963+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:26:11.844350
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-87,600-01

                      EX PARTE JUAN FRANCISCO PEREZ, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
               CAUSE NO. 16CR1088-83-1 IN THE 56TH DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM GALVESTON 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 was convicted of tampering with

a government record and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction.

        Applicant contends, inter alia, that his plea was involuntary. He says that his command of

the English language is limited, that counsel did not retain an interpreter, and that he believed he was

agreeing to removal from the Unites States for two years and not to a two year prison sentence.

Counsel has provided an affidavit, but it does not resolve the claim. Applicant has alleged facts that,

if true, might entitle him to relief. In these circumstances, additional facts are needed. As we held
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in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960), the trial court is the

appropriate forum for findings of fact. The trial court shall resolve whether counsel discussed with

Applicant that his plea agreement was for him to go to prison for two years, not deportation or

removal from the United States after which he would be required to stay out of the country for two

years. The trial court may use any means set out in TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). In

the appropriate case, the trial court may rely on its personal recollection. Id.

       If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether Applicant is indigent.

If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an

attorney to represent Applicant at the hearing. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04.

         The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law in regard to Applicant’s

claim that his plea was involuntary. The trial court shall also make any other findings of fact and

conclusions of law that it deems relevant and appropriate to the disposition of Applicant’s claim for

habeas corpus relief.

       This application will be held in abeyance until the trial court has resolved the fact issues. The

issues shall be resolved within 90 days of this order. A supplemental transcript containing all

affidavits and interrogatories or the transcription of the court reporter’s notes from any hearing or

deposition, along with the trial court’s supplemental findings of fact and conclusions of law, shall

be forwarded to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. Any extensions of time must

be requested by the trial court and shall be obtained from this Court.

Filed: November 15, 2017
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