Bailey, J.C.

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-26,273-10

EX PARTE J.C. BAILEY, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. W88-98750-L(I) IN THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 5 FROM DALLAS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant was convicted of possession of cocaine, a controlled substance, and sentenced to

fifty years’ imprisonment. The Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Bailey v. State, No.

05-89-00415-CR (Tex. App.— Dallas June 5, 1990). Applicant filed this application for a writ of

habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX .

CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.

We have previously dismissed five subsequent applications in this cause. See TEX . CODE

CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 4. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise grounds

that were previously rejected on the merits or that should have been raised in previous applications.

We hold that Applicant has abused the writ and filed a frivolous lawsuit. See Ex parte Jones, 97 2

S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); TEX . GOV ’T CODE § 498.0045(a-1). Should Applicant file

future habeas applications in this cause, we will not consider the merits of his applications unless

he shows that the factual or legal basis of his grounds was unavailable in a previously filed

application. This application is dismissed.

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

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Filed: September 23, 2020 Do not publish