Court Opinion

ID: 2950853
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-09-16 06:50:03.719284+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:48.799691
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-82,307-02

                  EX PARTE JERMEY ALGONON WILLIAMS, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                 CAUSE NO. 1412712-A IN THE 183RD DISTRICT COURT
                              FROM HARRIS 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 pleaded guilty to possession of a

controlled substance and was given a period of deferred adjudication supervision. After he pleaded

true to the allegations in the State’s motion to revoke, he was sentenced to three years’

imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction.

        One of the allegations in the motion to revoke was that Applicant committed a new crime,

possession of MDMA, in Harris County cause number 1419256. Applicant stipulated to the

allegations in the motion to adjudicate, including that he possessed MDMA. A month after that
stipulation, the evidence in cause number 1419256 was tested and was found to contain no MDMA.

Based on that new lab testing, this Court overturned that conviction. Ex parte Williams, WR-82,307-

01 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 19, 2014)(not designated for publication). He contends that his stipulation

was involuntary because the substance he possessed was tested after his plea and found not to

contain MDMA, the controlled substance Applicant pleaded guilty to possessing. Applicant is

entitled to relief. Ex parte Mable, ___ S.W.3d ___, No. WR-81,358-01(Tex. Crim. App. Sep. 17,

2014). Relief is granted. The judgment adjudicating guilt and the sentence in Cause No. 1412712

in the 183rd District Court of Harris County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody

of the Sheriff of Harris County to answer the allegations against him. The trial court shall issue any

necessary bench warrant within 10 days after the mandate of this Court issues.

       Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: January 14, 2015
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