Court Opinion

ID: 2937120
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Date Created: 2015-09-15 17:48:42.112633+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-83,601-01

                            EX PARTE DANIEL FLORES, Applicant

               ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
             CAUSE NO. 20120D04238-34-1 IN THE 34TH DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM EL PASO COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                              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 stalking and

sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction.

        Applicant contends that he spent twenty-seven days in jail before pleading guilty and that trial

counsel failed to advise him that he was entitled to this credit. Had he known this, Applicant

contends that he would have accepted the State’s plea offer of thirty days.

        Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington,
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466 U.S. 668 (1984); Ex parte Patterson, 993 S.W.2d 114, 115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). In these

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. The trial court may use any means set out

in TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d).

       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 him 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 (1) the State

made a plea offer of thirty days, (2) Applicant was entitled to twenty-seven days of pre-sentence

credit, (3) counsel failed to advise Applicant that he was entitled to this credit, and (4) Applicant

would have accepted the State’s plea offer of thirty days had counsel advised him that he was entitled

to this credit. 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 shall

be obtained from this Court.

Filed: August 26, 2015
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