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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                         OF TEXAS

                                        NO. WR-81,037-01

                       EX PARTE JAMES ALAN KUNKEL, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. 057552-A IN THE 59TH DISTRICT COURT
                                  FROM GRAYSON COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                          OPINION

        Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the

clerkof thetrial courttransmitted to this Court this application fora writof habeas corpus. Exparte

Young, 418S.W.2d 824,826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant wasconvicted ofaggravated sexual

assault of a childandindecency with a child by contact andwas sentenced to sixty-five andtwenty

years' imprisonment on each offense, respectively. The Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed the

convictions. Kunkel v. State, No. 05-10-01272-CR (Tex. App.—Dallas Mar. 21,2012).

       Applicant contends thathe was denied his right, through no fault ofhis own, topursue a.pro

se petition for discretionary review in this Court after his convictions were affirmed by the Fifth

Court ofAppeals. The trial court recommends that reliefbe granted, and the writ record supports the
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recommendation. See Exparte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25, 26 -27 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997); Exparte

Crow, 180 S.W.3d 135, 138-39 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).

       Applicant is entitled to the opportunityto file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review

of the judgment of the Fifth Court of Appeals in Cause No. 05-10-01272-CR that affirmed his

conviction in CauseNo. 057552 from the 59th District Court of Grayson County. Applicant shall

file his petition for discretionary review with this Court within 30 days of the date on which this

Court's mandate issues.

       Copies ofthis opinion shall be sentto the Texas Department ofCriminal Justice-Correctional

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: April 2, 2014
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