Court Opinion

ID: 4040318
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Date Created: 2016-09-28 22:29:35.292715+00
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     RE:   QUESTION OF LAW/DISCRETIONAL AUTHORITY

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               UNDER ART.11.05 T.C.C.P.,ANY JUDGE OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL
           APPEALS HAS THE POWER TO ISSUE THE WRIT OF HABEAS,CORPUS;AS UNDER
           ART.11.07 §5,THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS "MAY DIRECT THAT THE
           CAUSE BE CHECKED AND HEARD AS THOUGH CRIMINALLY PRESENTED TO SAID
           COURT OR AS AN APPEAL"".
               YOUR HONOR HOLDS EXCLUSIVE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO REVIEW
           MATTERS RELATIVE TO VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DUE PROCESS.      IN
           EFFECT,ART.11.04 STATES THAT "EVERY PROVISION RELATING TO THE WRIT .
           OF HABEAS CORPUS SHALL BE MOST FAVORABLY CONSTRUED IN ORDER TO GIVE
           EFFECT TO THE REMEDY,AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE PERSON SEEKING
           RELIEF UNDER IT". WITH THIS SAID, I RESPECTFULLY IMPLORE YOUR DISERS
           ETIONAL AUTHORITY TO REVIEW,AND INTERVINE AS APPROPRIATE TO THE FOL
           LOWING: (QUOTING RULE 79.2(a) A MOTION FOR REHEARING AN ORDER THAT
           DEiSIIES HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, ART.
           11=07 OR 11.071,MAY NOT BE FILED. THE COURT ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE
           RECONSIDER THE CASE.-AMENDED JULY 12,2011,EFF. SEPT. 11 ,2011-T.ft.ft.P. )
               A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS UNDER ART. 11 .0.7 WAS FILED ON SEPT.18,
           2012(WRIT NO.WR-78,478-01). THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS DENIED
           WITHOUT WRITTEN ORDERPON OCT.24,2012,AND A PETITION FOR RE60NSIDERA-
           BTOHEWABWSUBSEQUENTLY FILED 'ON-NOV.15, 2012 BUT.WAS- NOT ENTERTAINED
           J3Y THIS COURT.
               THE GROUNDS WITHIN SAID WRIT ENTAILED,ONE:INEFFECTIVE ASSISATAN-
           CE OF COUNSEL; AND TWO:A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE RULE OF LAW-21.9
           TEXIS RULES OF COURT/RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE.
                ALTHOUGH THE STATE EXCERCISED THEIR RIGHT TO DENY THE APPLICA
           TION UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF ART.11.07 §3*-b),NO EXPLANATION OR REASON
           WAS GOJVEN TO REJECT EITHER GROUND AS MERITLESS. THE APPLICANT SOUGHT
           T9 EXCERCISE RIGHT TO A REMEDY OF LAW. ENTITTLED BY THE CONSTITUTIO
           NAL RCDGHT:- TO DUE ^PROCESS, BUT THE REMEDY SOUGHT WITHIN THE 11.07 APP
           LICATION WAS MISTAKENLY 'OVERLOOKED. NO EXPLANATION RELATIVE TO' THE
           RECOMENDATION OF THE STATE TO DENY EACH GROUND WAS GIVEN. ALTHOUGH
           APPLICANTS GROUND OF A VIOLATION TO RULE 21.9 HAD MERIT AS CONCURREB

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BY THE UNITED STAES DISTRICT COURT FQ THE WESTERN DISTRICT(SEE
ATTACHMENT A.) THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS FURTHER DENIED THE
WRIT AND BASICALLY AFFIRMED THE TRIAL COURTS NEGLECT TO ADDRESS A
A   VALID   CLAIM.

        IT IS WITH THIS SUSTENANCE THAT THE APPLICANT RESPECTFULLY
.RE.Q.UESTS .T.HA.T_Y.O.UR._ HONOR. TAKE__A.P PRPRIATE^DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY
TO REVIEW WRIT. APPLICANT SEEKS TO EXHAUST HIS RIGHTFUL REMEDY OF
LAW AND SEEK RELIEF FOR A VIOLATION AGAINST HIS RIGHT OF DUE PROC
ESS. ALL IS WANTED IS THAT THE STATE ANSWER MY WRIT,AND GIVE SUPPO
RTING REASONS TO THEIR'DENIED OF MY GROUNDS SO THAT I MAY SEEK REL
 IEF IN A HIGHER COURT. IN A PROPER EXAMINATION OF MY GROUNDS THIS
HONORABLE COURT SHALL DETERMINE THAT THE' TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS- DIS
CRETION IN DECLARING A MISTRIAL AS TO ITS ENTIRETY,WHEREAREAS,UNDER
RULE 21.9 ADOPTED BY THIS HONORABLE COURT,RESENTENCING WAS THE APP
 ROPRIATE RECOURSE AT LAW.-APPLICANT PRAYS THAT YOUR HONOR CONSIDER
 THIS   REQUEST.

                                                    RESPECTFULLY    SUBMITTED,

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Case 3:13-cv-00015 Document 4                                                 Filed 01/29/2013DPage 1 of 3

                              IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                               FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                             EL PASO DIVISION

    JUANMUNOZ,                                           §
    TDCJ # 1467005,                                      §
         Petitioner,                                     §
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    v.                                                   §           EP-13-CV-15-PRM
                                                         §
    BRAD LIVINGSTON,                                     §
    Executive Director, Texas Department of              §
    Criminal "Justice,                                   §
               Respondent.                               §

                                ORDER FOR RESPONDENT TO ANSWER

               In apro se petition for awrit of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254, Petitioner
    Juan Munoz ("Petitioner") challenges his convictions for three counts of aggravated sexual
    assault by ajury in an El Paso County state court.1 Mindful ofPetitioner'spro se status,2 the
    Court understands him to assert that (1) the trial court erred when it declared amistrial during the
    punishment phase of the trial and ordered are-trial ofthe entire case, and (2) his appellate
    counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance when he failed to raise the trial court's
    error in declaring amistrial during the punishment phase and ordering are-trial ofthe entire case.
               Upon review, the Court concludes that summary dismissal ofthe petition is not
    appropriate. Accordingly, the Court enters the following orders and advisories:
               1.   . Service on Respondent: The Court ORDERS the Clerk ofthis Court to serve a
    copy ofthe petition and this order upon counsel for Respondent, the Texas Attorney General. All
    documents shall be sent to the attention ofthe Chief, Postconviction Litigation Division.

               1State v Munoz. Cause Number 20060D04737 (210th Dist. Ct., El Paso Cnty. Tex., Sept. 25,
    2007), aff'd, No. 08-07-00304-CR, 2010 WL 546676 (Tex. App.—El Paso, Feb. 17,2010, pet. dism'd).
               2See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972) (holding/^ se pleadings to less stringent
     standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers); see also Franklin v. Rose, 765 F.2d 82, 85 (6th Cir.
     1985) (explaining that liberal construction allows for active interpretation ofapro se pleading to
     encompass any allegation which may raise aclaim for federal relief).
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