Court Opinion

ID: 9896462
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-13 00:13:14.970132+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:15:02.313228
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                        OF TEXAS
                                       NO. WR-94,858-02

                      EX PARTE CEDRIC FRIEL WOODS, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. 1119817-A IN THE 179TH DISTRICT COURT
                             FROM HARRIS COUNTY

       Per curiam. Yeary, J., filed a concurring opinion .

                                          OPINION

       Applicant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and sentenced to

confinement. Applicant, through habeas counsel, 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 contends that his guilty plea was involuntary because at the time of his plea, he was

not aware that the substance he possessed contained no controlled substances. Based on the record,

the trial court has determined that Applicant’s plea was involuntary.

       Relief is granted. Ex parte Mable, 443 S.W.3d 129 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). The judgment

in cause number 1119817 in the 179th District Court of Harris County is set aside, and Applicant
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shall answer the charges as set out in the information. The trial court shall issue any necessary orders

within ten days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

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

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: November 8, 2023
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