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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                          NO. AP-76,402

                       EX PARTE DAVID HARDEMAN, Applicant

               ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. 3021525 IN THE 390 TH DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM TRAVIS 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 writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte

Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of one count of

aggravated assault, sentenced to eighty years’ imprisonment and one count of attempted murder,

sentenced to ninety-nine years’ imprisonment. The Third Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.

Hardeman v. State, No. 03-04-005236-CR (Tex. App.–Austin, delivered May 5, 2006).

       Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel

failed to timely file a petition for discretionary review on his behalf after informing Applicant that
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he would do so.

       Appellate counsel filed an affidavit with the trial court. Based on that affidavit, the trial court

has entered findings of fact and conclusions of law that appellate counsel failed to failed to timely

file a petition for discretionary review. The trial court recommends that relief be granted. Ex parte

Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). We agree. We find, therefore, that Applicant is

entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review of the judgment of

the Third Court of Appeals in Cause No. 03-04-00536-CR that affirmed his conviction in Case No.

3021525 from the 390th Judicial District Court of Travis County. Applicant shall file his petition for

discretionary review with the Third Court of Appeals within 30 days of the date on which this

Court’s mandate issues.

Delivered: August 25, 2010
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