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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-38,481-03

                      EX PARTE SAMSON PEREZ CASIANO, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. 1178978 IN THE 208TH DISTRICT COURT
                              FROM HARRIS 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 sexual

assault of a child and sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment.

        Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he

failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We remanded this application to the trial court for findings

of fact and conclusions of law.

        The trial court has determined that appellate counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal.

We find that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment
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of conviction in Cause No. 1178978 from the 208th District Court of Harris 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. Within ten days of the issuance of this opinion,

the trial court shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wishes to

be represented by counsel, the trial court shall immediately appoint an attorney to represent

Applicant on direct 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.

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

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: November 6, 2013
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