Court Opinion

ID: 2950651
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-09-16 06:46:44.197518+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:41:32.393648
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                          NOS. WR-82,683-01, 82,683-02 & 82,683-03

                  EX PARTE EUGENE DALE ENDERLIN, JR., Applicant

          ON APPLICATIONS FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
 CAUSE NOS. 1035438-A, 1114973-A & 1114974-A IN THE 339TH DISTRICT COURT
                          FROM HARRIS 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 one count

of misapplication of fiduciary property and two counts of aggregate theft. He was sentenced to thirty

years’ imprisonment on each count. He did not appeal his convictions.

       Applicant contends, among other things, that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance and

that the State failed to disclose evidence.

       Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington,
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466 U.S. 668 (1984); Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963); Ex parte Patterson, 993 S.W.2d 114,

115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). In these circumstances, additional facts are needed. As we held in Ex

parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960), the trial court is the appropriate

forum for findings of fact. The trial court shall order trial counsel to respond and state whether (1)

he investigated and obtained bank statements from Applicant’s personal account and partnerships

in which Applicant participated; (2) he advised Applicant that if he served time in prison, he would

not have to pay restitution; (3) he advised Applicant that he could not be both on bond and have

court-appointed counsel; (4) he explained to Applicant that he could be sentenced by a jury rather

than the trial judge; and (5) he advised Applicant to plead guilty because he would not represent him

at trial unless he paid additional fees. The trial court shall also order the prosecutor to respond to

Applicant’s Brady claim. The trial court may use any means set out in TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art.

11.07, § 3(d).

       If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether Applicant is indigent.

If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an

attorney to represent him at the hearing. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04.

       After reviewing counsel’s and the prosecutor’s responses, the trial court shall make findings

of fact and conclusions of law as to whether counsel’s conduct was deficient and Applicant was

prejudiced. It shall also make findings and conclusions as to whether the State failed to disclose

evidence that was material to Applicant’s convictions or sentences. The trial court shall also make

any other findings of fact and conclusions of law that it deems relevant and appropriate to the

disposition of Applicant’s claims for habeas corpus relief.

       These applications will be held in abeyance until the trial court has resolved the fact issues.
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The issues shall be resolved within 90 days of this order. A supplemental transcript containing all

affidavits and interrogatories or the transcription of the court reporter’s notes from any hearing or

deposition, along with the trial court’s supplemental findings of fact and conclusions of law, shall

be forwarded to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. Any extensions of time shall

be obtained from this Court.

Filed: April 1, 2015
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