Court Opinion

ID: 2949627
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Date Created: 2015-09-16 06:10:42.954144+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                          OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-80,783-01

                     EX PARTE RAYMOND EARL COOPER, Applicant

                 ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                 CAUSE NO. 12-0292X(A) IN THE 71st DISTRICT COURT
                            FROM HARRISON COUNTY

        Per curiam. Keller, PJ., Keasler and Hervey, JJ., dissent.

                                            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 two counts of

online solicitation of a minor. He was sentenced to ten years’ community supervision on count one

and two years’ imprisonment on count two. He did not appeal his conviction.

        This Court, in Ex parte Lo, held unconstitutional the online solicitation of a minor statute for

which Applicant was convicted. Ex parte Lo, 424 S.W.3d 10 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). Applicant,

through counsel, filed this habeas application based on the Lo decision and asks that his conviction
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be set aside. The State agrees that Applicant’s conviction should be set aside. We agree that

Applicant is entitled to relief. However, this Court has jurisdiction to grant relief only as to count

two of the judgment. The sentence in count one is probated and relief is not available pursuant to

Article 11.07.1

       Therefore, relief is granted only on count two of the judgment. The judgment in Cause No.

12-0292X(A) in the 71st District Court of Harrison County is set aside as it pertains to count two,

and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Harrison County to answer the charges

as set out in the indictment so that the indictment, as it pertains to count two, may be disposed of in

accordance with this Court’s opinion in Ex parte Lo. The trial court shall issue any necessary bench

warrant within 10 days after the mandate of this Court issues.

       The application as it pertains to count one is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

       Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: May 7, 2014
Do not publish

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          Because the Applicant was granted probation on count one, his conviction is not final as
to that count. Ex parte Twyman, 716 S.W.2d 951 (Tex. Crim. App. 1986). A writ application
under Article 11.07 may be used to challenge a final conviction only and, as to the probated
count of the judgment, the Applicant must seek relief pursuant to Art. 11.072 of the Code of
Criminal Procedure. Ex parte Hiracheta 307 S.W.3d 323 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010).