Bedoy, Austin Craig

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 27, 2022
• Docket: WR-93,912-01
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-93,912-01

EX PARTE AUSTIN CRAIG BEDOY, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. B18870-1 IN THE 198TH DISTRICT COURT FROM KERR COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant was convicted of heroin possession and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.

Applicant, through habeas counsel, 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.

Applicant contends that his guilty plea was involuntary due to the ineffective assistance of

trial counsel. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v.

Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). Accordingly, the record should be developed. The trial court is

the appropriate forum for findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court

shall order trial counsel to respond to Applicant’s claims. In developing the record, the trial court 2

may use any means set out in Article 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court shall make findings of fact and

conclusions of law as to whether Applicant’s guilty plea was involuntary. The trial court may make

any other findings and conclusions that it deems appropriate.

The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days from

the date of this order. The district clerk shall then immediately forward to this Court the trial court’s

findings and conclusions and the record developed on remand, including, among other things,

affidavits, motions, objections, proposed findings and conclusions, orders, and transcripts from

hearings and depositions. See TEX . R. APP . P. 73.4(b)(4). Any extensions of time must be requested

by the trial court and obtained from this Court.

Filed: July 27, 2022 Do not publish