Court Opinion

ID: 4699020
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-06-28 07:21:08.718217+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:05:59.812772
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                        OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-92,435-02

                      EX PARTE QUAN MONTRELL LACY, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. 60551-A IN THE 30TH DISTRICT COURT
                             FROM WICHITA COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                            ORDER

       Applicant was convicted of arson and sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment 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 he is being denied diligent participation credit on his sentence.

Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. arts.

42.03, 42A.559, 42.0199. Accordingly, the record should be developed. The trial court is the

appropriate forum for findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court

shall order the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Office of the General Counsel to obtain a

response from a person with knowledge of relevant facts. In developing the record, the trial court
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may use any means set out in Article 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 wants to be represented by

counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent him at the hearing. See TEX . CODE CRIM .

PROC. art. 26.04. If counsel is appointed or retained, the trial court shall immediately notify this

Court of counsel’s name.

        The response shall include Applicant’s sentence begin date and his maximum discharge date.

The response shall also state whether Applicant presented a claim to the time credit resolution

system of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and, if so, the date the claim was presented.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether, before filing

this application, Applicant properly exhausted his administrative remedies as required by Section

501.0081(b) of the Government Code. The trial court shall then make findings and conclusions as

to whether Applicant is receiving diligent participation credit on his sentence. The trial court may

make any other findings and conclusions that it deems appropriate in response to Applicant’s claims.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days from

the date of this order. The district clerk shall then immediately forward to this Court the trial court’s

findings and conclusions and the record developed on remand, including, among other things,

affidavits, motions, objections, proposed findings and conclusions, orders, and transcripts from

hearings and depositions. See TEX . R. APP. P. 73.4(b)(4). Any extensions of time must be requested

by the trial court and obtained from this Court.

Filed: June 23, 2021
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