Court Opinion

ID: 2937279
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-75,555

EX PARTE STEVEN RAY CLINE, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 9451 IN THE 33rd DISTRICT COURT

FROM BURNET COUNTY

 Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

	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 driving while
intoxicated and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. 
	Applicant contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because she failed to
timely file a notice of appeal.  We remanded this application to the trial court for findings of fact and
conclusions of law.
	The trial court has determined that trial counsel failed to timely file a notice of 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. 9451 from the 33rd Judicial District Court of Burnet  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: November 22, 2006
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