Court Opinion

ID: 6325090
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Date Created: 2022-03-21 07:19:04.92293+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:11.689621
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-93,554-01

                   EX PARTE CLYDE THOMAS DEVENDORF, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. 20968A IN THE 369TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM CHEROKEE COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                              ORDER

        Applicant was convicted of bail jumping and failure to appear (enhanced) and sentenced to

fifteen years’ imprisonment. Applicant filed 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 alleges that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance for various reasons.

Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington, 466

U.S. 668 (1984). Accordingly, the record should be developed. The trial court is the appropriate

forum for findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court shall order trial

counsel to respond to Applicant’s claims. In developing the record, the trial court may use any
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means set out in Article 11.07, § 3(d). If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine

if Applicant is represented by counsel, and if not, whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is

indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an attorney to represent

Applicant at the hearing. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04. If counsel is appointed or retained, the

trial court shall immediately notify this Court of counsel’s name.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether trial counsel’s

performance was deficient and Applicant was prejudiced. The trial court may make any other

findings and conclusions that it deems appropriate in response to Applicant’s claims.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days from

the date of this order. The district clerk shall then immediately forward to this Court the trial court’s

findings and conclusions and the record developed on remand, including, among other things,

affidavits, motions, objections, proposed findings and conclusions, orders, and transcripts from

hearings and depositions. See TEX . R. APP . P. 73.4(b)(4). Any extensions of time must be requested

by the trial court and obtained from this Court.

Filed: March 16, 2022
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