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Date Created: 2015-09-15 23:13:30.867835+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

NO. AP-76,254

EX PARTE MICHAEL A. MIRANDA, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 2007CR2903B IN THE 289TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM BEXAR COUNTY

           Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

            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 murder and
sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment. 
            Applicant contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he failed to
timely file a notice of appeal.  Counsel submitted an affidavit stating that he filed the notice of appeal
late in this case.
            The trial court has determined that trial counsel failed to timely file a notice of 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. 2007CR2903B from the 289th Judicial District Court of Bexar
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: November 4, 2009
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