Court Opinion

ID: 3155957
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Date Created: 2015-11-19 06:12:30.098224+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                          NOS. WR-1,499-28, 1,499-29, and 1,499-30

                        EX PARTE BOBBY RAY BROWN, Applicant

           ON APPLICATIONS FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
   CAUSE NOS. 98-67642, 98-02366, and 99-00990 IN THE 363rd DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM DALLAS COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                            ORDER

       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 these applications for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex

parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of three

separate theft offenses and he was sentenced to imprisonment for forty-five years, twenty years and

twenty years, respectively.

       In his present applications, Applicant raises one ground for relief. These applications,

however, present a more serious question. This Court’s records reflect that Applicant has filed seven

prior applications pertaining each of these convictions. It is obvious from the record that Applicant
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continues to raise issues that have been presented and rejected in previous applications or that should

have been presented in previous applications. The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily

abused. Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S. 1 (1963); Ex parte Carr, 511 S.W.2d 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974).

Because of his repetitive claims, we hold that Applicant’s claims are barred from review under

Article 11.07, § 4, and are waived and abandoned by his abuse of the writ. These applications are

dismissed.

       Therefore, we instruct the Honorable Abel Acosta, Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals,

not to accept or file the instant applications for a writ of habeas corpus, or any future applications

pertaining to these convictions unless Applicant is able to show in such applications that any claims

presented have not been raised previously and that they could not have been presented in a previous

application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Bilton, 602 S.W.2d 534 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).

       Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Filed: November 18, 2015
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