Boot, Ex Parte Jeffrey Dean

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 7, 2006
• Docket: AP-75,427
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-75,427 EX PARTE JEFFREY DEAN BOOT, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. 1999-CR-1739-A IN THE 107^th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

CAMERON COUNTY

Per Curiam.

O P I N I O N

This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus forwarded to this Court pursuant to Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07. Applicant was convicted of the felony offense of aggravated sexual assault, and punishment was assessed at twenty years imprisonment. Applicant appealed, and his conviction was affirmed. Boot v. State, No. 13-00-372-CR (Tex. App. -- Corpus Christi, delivered June 28, 2001, no pet.).

Applicant contends, inter alia, that he was denied an opportunity to file a petition for discretionary review because his appellate attorney did not timely notify him that his conviction had been affirmed or that he could seek discretionary review, pro se. The record reflects that counsel did not timely inform Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed or that he could file a petition for discretionary review from his conviction.

Habeas corpus relief is granted, in part, and Applicant is granted leave to file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review from his conviction in cause number 1999-CR-1739-A from the 107th Judicial District Court of Cameron County. Applicant is ordered returned to the point at which he can file a meaningful petition for discretionary review. For purposes of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, all time limits shall be calculated as if the Court of Appeals' decision had been rendered on the day the mandate of this Court issues. We hold that should Applicant desire to seek discretionary review, he must take affirmative steps to see that his petition is filed in the Court of Appeals within thirty days of the date the mandate of this Court has issued.

Applicant's remaining claims are dismissed. See Ex parte Torres, 943 S.W.2d 469 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997).

DELIVERED: June 7, 2006

DO NOT PUBLISH