Court Opinion

ID: 8211244
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-03 00:16:45.377924+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:42:01.148582
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-94,040-02

                      EX PARTE ALVIN JEROME DAVIS, II., Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
               CAUSE NO. 16CR19860A IN THE 123RD DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM SHELBY COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                             ORDER

        Applicant pleaded guilty to assault family violence. Applicant was originally placed on

deferred adjudication community supervision for a period of five years. Following adjudication,

Applicant was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Applicant did not appeal his conviction.

Applicant filed this application for 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 he was not properly admonished

on the applicable punishment range, and he was not provided an opportunity to withdraw his original

plea upon discovery of the error. Applicant also contends that he was denied due process when one

of the prosecutors previously represented him in the same case. Applicant has alleged facts that, if
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true, might entitle him to relief. Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970); Ex parte Spain, 589

S.W.2d 132, 134 (Tex. Crim. App. 1979). 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 trial counsel and adjudication counsel to respond to Applicant’s claims. In

developing the record, the trial court 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 trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether trial counsel

was ineffective for failing to correctly advise Applicant as to the proper punishment range, whether

adjudication counsel was ineffective for failing to advise Applicant of the possibility of withdrawing

his plea, and whether Applicant’s plea was involuntary. The trial court shall also make findings of

fact and conclusions of law as to whether the prosecutor’s prior representation of Applicant violated

Applicant’s due process rights upon adjudication. 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: September 28, 2022
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