Court Opinion

ID: 2936021
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-09-15 16:37:14.038892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:59:32.417671
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. 74,842

EX PARTE ARMANDO R. LOPEZ, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
FROM BEXAR COUNTY

 Per Curiam.

O P I N I O N 

 This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus forwarded to this Court
pursuant to Article 11.07, § 3, et seq., V.A.C.C.P.  Applicant was convicted of the felony
offense of murder, and punishment was assessed at forty-five years confinement.  Applicant's
direct appeal was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  Lopez v. State, No. 04-01-00684-CR,
(Tex. App. -- San Antonio, delivered February 11, 2002, no pet.).
	Applicant contends that he was denied his right to appeal when counsel failed to
properly raise an appealable issue.  The trial court entered findings of fact and conclusions of
law recommending that Applicant be granted an out-of-time appeal.  We agree. 
	Habeas corpus relief is granted and Applicant is granted an out-of-time appeal from his
conviction in cause number 2001-CR-4929 from the 187th District Court of Bexar County. 
The proper remedy in a case such as this is to return Applicant to the point at which he can give
notice of appeal.  For purposes of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, all time limits shall
be calculated as if the conviction had been entered on the day that the mandate of this Court
issues.  We hold that Applicant, should he desire to prosecute an appeal, must take affirmative
steps to see that notice of appeal is given within thirty days after the mandate of this Court has
issued.
DO NOT PUBLISH
DELIVERED: December 10, 2003