Court Opinion

ID: 9363516
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-01-16 00:12:29.447577+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:32.238026
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-89,537-01

                   EX PARTE GREGORY KHAI THRASHER, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
              CAUSE NO. 114-0469-16-A IN THE 114TH DISTRICT COURT
                              FROM SMITH COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                           OPINION

        Applicant was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to seventy-five years’

imprisonment. He filed, through habeas counsel, this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the

county of conviction, and the district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC.

art. 11.07.

        Applicant contends that he was denied his right to an appeal through no fault of his own. The

trial court has entered findings and recommends granting a late appeal. The findings and

recommendation are supported by the record and applicable law. See Ex parte Riley, 193 S.W.3d

900 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

        Relief is granted. Applicant may file an out-of-time appeal of his conviction in cause number
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114-0469-16 from the 114th District Court of Smith County. Within ten days from the date of this

Court’s mandate, the trial court shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is

indigent and wants to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent him

on direct appeal. Should Applicant decide to appeal, he must file a written notice of appeal in the

trial court within thirty days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

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

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: January 11, 2023
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