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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

NO. AP-76,482

EX PARTE TED PATRICK CAMMACK, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 15,013 IN THE 115TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM UPSHUR COUNTY

           Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

            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 possession of a
controlled substance and sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. 
            Applicant contends that he was denied the right to appeal his conviction.
            Both trial counsel and appellate counsel have submitted affidavits responding to Applicant’s
allegation.  Trial counsel states that he inadvertently failed to timely file a motion for new trial and
erroneously informed appellate counsel that such a motion was filed.  Appellate counsel states that
he relied on trial counsel’s assertion that a motion for new trial had been filed and therefore missed
the deadline for timely filing a notice of appeal.  We find, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity
to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction in Cause No. 15,013 from the 115th 
Judicial District Court of Upshur County.  Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may
give a written notice of appeal so that he may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful
appeal.  All time limits shall be calculated as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which
the mandate of this Court issues.  We hold that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he
must take affirmative steps to file a written notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the
mandate of this Court issues.
 
Delivered: January 26, 2011
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