Court Opinion

ID: 4095916
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-11-05 16:28:04.293186+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:45:18.669999
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-85,667-01

                   EX PARTE VINCENT MONROW FRIEMEL, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                   CAUSE NO. CR14-192 IN THE 4TH DISTRICT COURT
                               FROM RUSK COUNTY

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

                                              ORDER

        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 evading arrest

and sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment. The Sixth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.

Friemel v. State, 465 S.W.3d 770 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2015).

        Applicant contends, among other things, that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance

because did not advise Applicant of the consequences of the deadly weapon finding and wrongfully

told him he would receive community supervision.

        Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668 (1984); Ex parte Patterson, 993 S.W.2d 114, 115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). In these
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circumstances, additional facts are needed. As we held in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294

(Tex. Crim. App. 1960), the trial court is the appropriate forum for findings of fact. The trial court

shall order trial counsel to respond to Applicant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The

trial court may use any means set out in TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). In the

appropriate case, the trial court may rely on its personal recollection. Id.

       If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether Applicant is indigent.

If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an

attorney to represent Applicant at the hearing. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04.

       The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether the

performance of Applicant’s trial counsel was deficient and, if so, whether counsel’s deficient

performance prejudiced Applicant. Should the trial court determine that counsel erred, it shall make

findings assessing whether, but for counsel’s deficient performance, Applicant would have insisted

on a jury trial. The trial court shall also make any other findings of fact and conclusions of law that

it deems relevant and appropriate to the disposition of Applicant’s claim for habeas corpus relief.

       This application will be held in abeyance until the trial court has resolved the fact issues. The

issues shall be resolved within 90 days of this order. A supplemental transcript containing all

affidavits and interrogatories or the transcription of the court reporter’s notes from any hearing or

deposition, along with the trial court’s supplemental findings of fact and conclusions of law, shall

be forwarded to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. Any extensions of time must be

requested by the trial court and shall be obtained from this Court.

Filed: November 2, 2016
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