Court Opinion

ID: 4419818
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-07-25 05:04:18.551835+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:48:56.750235
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-89,572-01

                      EX PARTE MILES WESLEY KENNEY, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
              CAUSE NO. CR-17-0059-01 IN THE 415TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM PARKER COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                            OPINION

        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 evading arrest

with a vehicle and sentenced to seventeen years’ imprisonment. The Second Court of Appeals

dismissed his appeal. Kenney v. State, No. 02-17-00375-CR (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Feb. 1, 2018)

(not designated for publication).

        Applicant contends that trial counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We remanded

this application to the trial court for further findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court

has determined that counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We find that Applicant is entitled
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to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction in cause number CR-

17-0059 from the 415th District Court of Parker County. Applicant is ordered returned to that time

at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain

a meaningful appeal. Within ten days of the issuance of this opinion, the trial court shall determine

whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the

trial court shall immediately appoint an attorney to represent Applicant on direct appeal. All time

limits shall be calculated as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of

this Court issues. We hold that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take

affirmative steps to file a written notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate

of this Court issues.

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

Correctional Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: July 24, 2019
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