Court Opinion

ID: 8274545
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-17 00:16:07.229864+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:43:37.902996
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-94,121-02

                        EX PARTE BRYAN M. OLIVAREZ, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. 1203764-A IN THE 184TH DISTRICT COURT
                             FROM HARRIS COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                             ORDER

       Applicant was convicted of attempted capital murder and sentenced to forty-five years’

imprisonment. 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 his plea was involuntary because trial counsel misled him about the

consequences of the plea. The trial court entered an order designating issues, and the trial court

ordered trial counsel to provide a response. The habeas record forwarded to this Court has no

response from trial counsel or findings resolving the disputed factual issues.

       Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668 (1984). Accordingly, the record should be developed. The trial court is the appropriate
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forum for findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court shall resolve

the disputed factual issues and enter findings of fact. The trial court shall also make findings

regarding laches. See Carrio v. State, 992 S.W.2d 486 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999); Ex parte Perez, 398

S.W.3d 206 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013).

        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 Applicant’s

plea was involuntary and whether laches is applicable. The trial court may make any other findings

and conclusions that it deems appropriate.

        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: October 12, 2022
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