Court Opinion

ID: 9889297
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-08 23:11:23.89103+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:50:01.955932
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                        OF TEXAS
                                       NO. WR-28,073-02

                            EX PARTE JAMES REYOS, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. A-14,583-B IN THE 70TH DISTRICT COURT
                             FROM ECTOR COUNTY

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

                                          OPINION

       Applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 38 years’ imprisonment. The Eighth

Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Reyes v. State, No. 08-83-0026-CR (Tex. App.–El Paso,

Nov. 21, 1984). 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 he is actually innocent. Based on the record, the trial court has

determined that Applicant has established by clear and convincing evidence that he is actually

innocent.

       We agree. Relief is granted. Ex parte Elizondo, 947 S.W.2d 202 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996);

Ex parte Tuley, 109 S.W.3d 388 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002). The judgment in cause number A-14,583
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in the 70th District Court of Ector County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of

the Sheriff of Ector County to answer the charges as set out in the indictment. The trial court shall

issue any necessary bench warrant within ten days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

       Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: October 4, 2023
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