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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                           NO. AP-75,974

               EX PARTE JONATHAN SENOVIO AGUILAR, Applicant

           ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
       CAUSE NO. CR-06-354-A IN THE 22 ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
                          FROM HAYS 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 was convicted of aggravated

assault and sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.

        Applicant contends that he was denied his right to appeal this conviction because appellate

counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. Applicant alleges that he informed the trial court on

the date of sentencing that he wanted to appeal his conviction. On the same date, trial counsel was

permitted to withdraw and appellate counsel was appointed. Appellate counsel has submitted an
affidavit in which he states that he was unaware of his appointment until several days later.

Appellate counsel believed that trial counsel had filed a notice of appeal, and did not learn that there

was no notice of appeal on file until after the deadline for filing a notice of appeal or a motion for

an extension of time had passed.

       The trial court has determined that Applicant should be granted an out-of-time appeal. We

find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the

judgment of conviction in Cause No. CR-06-354-A from the 22nd Judicial District Court of Hays

County. Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of appeal

so that he may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal. All time limits shall be

calculated as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues.

We hold that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file

a written notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.

Delivered: August 20, 2008
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