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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                           NO. AP-76,427

                   EX PARTE MARVIN WADDLETON, III, Applicant

              ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
              CAUSE NO. 241-0085-06 IN THE 114 TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM SMITH 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 aggravated

assault of a public servant and sentenced to life imprisonment. His direct appeal was dismissed by

the Twelfth Court for want of jurisdiction. Waddleton v. State, No. 12-06-00121-CR (Tex.

App.–Tyler, Jun. 7, 2006, no pet.) (unpublished).

        Applicant contends, inter alia, that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because the

notice of appeal did not include the certification of applicant’s right of appeal, which resulted in the
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appeal being dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

       The trial court has determined that applicant was denied his right to appeal due to no fault

of his own and he should be granted an out-of-time appeal. We find, therefore, that Applicant is

entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction in Cause No.

241-0085-06 from the 114th Judicial District Court of Smith 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. 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.

Delivered: September 29, 2010
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