Court Opinion

ID: 9918536
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-01-15 03:10:24.227337+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:01:14.109721
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-95,315-01

                     EX PARTE MICHAEL EARL TRANSUE, Applicant

              ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. C-2-W012377-1540729-A IN THE
           CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 2 FROM TARRANT COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                           OPINION

       Applicant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to thirty years’

imprisonment. The Second Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Transue v. State, No. 02-22-

00155-CR (Tex. App.—Fort Worth August 10, 2023). 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 appellate counsel failed to timely file a petition for discretionary

review after his direct appeal had been affirmed, although counsel had informed Applicant he would

do so. Based on the record, the trial court has determined that Applicant would have timely filed a

petition for discretionary review but for counsel’s deficient performance.
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       Relief is granted. Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997); Ex parte Crow,

180 S.W.3d 135 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).          Applicant may file an out-of-time petition for

discretionary review of the judgment of the Second Court of Appeals in cause number 02-22-00155-

CR. Should Applicant decide to file a petition for discretionary review, he must file it with this

Court within thirty days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

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

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: January 10, 2024
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