Court Opinion

ID: 2937503
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-75,506

EX PARTE SOILO ESQUIVEL URIAS, III, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 03-5-20, 143-D-1 IN THE 377TH DISTRICT COURT
VICTORIA COUNTY

Per curiam.
O P I N I O N

 This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus forwarded to this
Court pursuant to Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07. Applicant was convicted of the felony
offense of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to confinement for life.
Applicant's conviction was affirmed on appeal. Urias v. State, No. 13-03-00718-CR (Tex.
App.--Corpus Christi, delivered June 30, 2005, no pet.).
	Applicant contends that he was denied an opportunity to file a petition for
discretionary review because his appellate attorney did not timely notify him that his
conviction had been affirmed or that he could seek discretionary review, pro se. The trial
court, based upon an affidavit from appellate counsel, recommended that relief be granted. 
The record reflects that counsel did not inform Applicant that he could file a petition for
discretionary review from his conviction.
	Habeas corpus relief is granted, and Applicant is granted leave to file an out-of-time
petition for discretionary review from his conviction in cause number 03-5-20, 143-D-1 from
the 377th Judicial District Court of Victoria County. Applicant is ordered returned to the
point at which he can file a meaningful petition for discretionary review. For purposes of the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, all time limits shall be calculated as if the Court of
Appeals' decision had been rendered on the day the mandate of this Court issues. We hold
that should Applicant desire to seek discretionary review, he must take affirmative steps to
see that his petition is filed in the Court of Appeals within thirty days of the date the mandate
of this Court has issued.

DELIVERED: SEPTEMBER 20, 2006
DO NOT PUBLISH