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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

NO. WR-71,017-01

EX PARTE LOUIS IVAN AVILES, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 971688-A IN THE 339TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
FROM HARRIS COUNTY

 Per curiam. Cochran, J., filed a concurring statement.  Alcala, J., not participating.

O R D E R

	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 writ of habeas corpus.  Ex parte
Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967).  Applicant was convicted of sexual assault
of a child and sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment. 
	On November 26, 2008, this Court remanded this application to the trial court for findings
of fact and conclusion of law.  On September 30, 2010, the trial court held a habeas hearing and
heard testimony and evidence.  On December 2, 2010, the trial court signed and adopted the State's
proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendation to deny relief.  Applicant filed
a motion for the court to reconsider its findings, and on December 17, 2010, the trial court vacated
its prior findings, conclusions and order.  The trial court entered new findings of fact and conclusions
of law that were based on Applicant's application and attached exhibits, affidavits, the State's
answer, and official court documents.  The trial court recommended that relief be granted.
	The trial court's findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendation to grant relief are
not supported by the record.  Applicant has not demonstrated that his trial counsel made errors so
serious that counsel was not functioning as the 'counsel' guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth
Amendment. Nor has Applicant shown that counsel's errors were so serious as to deprive Applicant
of a fair trial.  Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984); Hernandez v. State, 726 S.W.2d
53, 56-57 (Tex. Crim. App. 1984).  This Court has undertaken an independent review of all the
evidence in the record.  Based on this Court's independent review of the entire record, we deny
relief.
 
Filed: May 25, 2011
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