Court Opinion

ID: 4102499
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-11-28 08:24:28.891185+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:49:10.835235
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-85,821-01

                      EX PARTE LARRY DONNELL GIBBS, Applicant

              ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
          CAUSE NO. 2015CRR001320-D1(A) IN THE 49TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM WEBB COUNTY

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

                                              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 two counts of

robbery and sentenced to forty-seven years’ imprisonment on each count.

        Applicant contends, among other things, that trial counsel failed to file a notice of appeal.

Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington, 466
U.S. 668 (1984); Ex parte Patterson, 993 S.W.2d 114, 115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999); Ex parte Axel,

757 S.W.2d 369 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988). In these circumstances, additional facts are needed. As

we held in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960), the trial court is the
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appropriate forum for findings of fact. The trial court shall order trial counsel to respond to

Applicant’s claim. The trial court may use any means set out in TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 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 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 as to whether Applicant

was denied his right to a meaningful appeal because trial counsel failed to file a notice of appeal.

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 23, 2016
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