Court Opinion

ID: 2950781
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Date Created: 2015-09-16 06:48:51.729625+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:25.606968
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-82,026-01

                         EX PARTE TIMOTHY HERRING, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. CR 16345 IN THE 271ST DISTRICT COURT
                               FROM WISE COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                            OPINION

        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 attempted capital

murder and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. The Second Court of Appeals affirmed his

conviction. Herring v. State, No. 02-12-00546-CR (Tex. App. — Fort Worth, January 16, 2014)

(not designated for publication).

        Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel

failed to timely notify Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed. We remanded this
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application to the trial court for findings of fact and conclusions of law.

       Appellate counsel filed an affidavit with the trial court. Based on that affidavit, the trial court

has entered findings of fact and conclusions of law that appellate counsel cannot prove that he timely

notified Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed. The trial court recommends that relief be

granted. Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997).

       We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time petition

for discretionary review of the judgment of the Second Court of Appeals in Cause No. 02-12-00546-

CR that affirmed his conviction in Cause No. CR 16345 from the 271st District Court of Wise

County. Applicant shall file his petition for discretionary review with this Court within 30 days of

the date on which this Court’s mandate issues.

Delivered: February 11, 2015
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