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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

NO. WR-63,400-02

EX PARTE JESSIE LYNN FISHER, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. W01-54952 S(B) IN THE 282ND DISTRICT COURT

FROM DALLAS COUNTY

Per curiam.

O R D E R

	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 unlawful
possession of a firearm by a felon and sentenced to life imprisonment.  The Fifth Court of Appeals
affirmed his conviction.  Fisher v. State, No. 05-02-01361-CR (Tex. App.--Dallas 2004, pet. ref'd)
	Applicant contends that he is actually innocent.  Ex parte Elizondo, 947 S.W.2d 202 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1996).  This application, however, presents a more serious question.  In support of his
allegation, Applicant submitted a document purporting to be a sworn affidavit notarized by Tonya
Pointer.  The trial court found that this affidavit is forged and that Pointer did not notarize it.  
	The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily abused.  Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S. 1

(1963); Ex parte Carr, 511 S.W.2d 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974).  We find that Applicant has abused
The Great Writ by submitting false evidence.  We dismiss this application and cite him for abuse of
the writ.  By that abuse, Applicant has waived and abandoned any contention that he might have in
regard to the instant conviction, at least insofar as existing claims that he could have or should have
brought in the application.  Ex parte Jones, 97 S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); Middaugh v.
State, 683 S.W.2d 713 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985); Ex parte Emmons, 660 S.W.2d 106 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1983).  Additionally, based on Applicant's submission of false evidence, we find that Applicant
has filed a frivolous lawsuit.
	Therefore, we instruct the Honorable Abel Acosta, Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals,
not to accept or file the instant application for a writ of habeas corpus, or any future application
pertaining to this conviction unless Applicant is able to show in such an application that any claims
presented have not been raised previously and that they could not have been presented in a previous
application for a writ of habeas corpus.  Ex parte Bilton, 602 S.W.2d 534 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).
	Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional
Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Filed: June 26, 2013
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