Braden, Howard Eugene

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 11, 2017
• Docket: WR-4,854-14
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-4,854-14

EX PARTE HOWARD EUGENE BRADEN, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 5024-H IN THE 155TH DISTRICT COURT FROM AUSTIN COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

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 rape and

sentenced to life imprisonment.

In his present application, Applicant raises several grounds for relief. This application,

however, presents a more serious question. This Court’s records reflect that Applicant has filed

many prior habeas applications pertaining to this conviction, of which five were dismissed as

subsequent. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise issues that have been 2

presented and rejected in previous applications or that should have been presented in previous

applications. The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily abused. Sanders v. U.S., 373

U.S. 1 (1963); Ex parte Carr, 511 S.W.2d 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). Because of his repetitive

claims, we hold that Applicant’s claims are barred from review under Article 11.07, § 4, and are

waived and abandoned by his abuse of the writ. This application is dismissed.

Therefore, we instruct the Honorable Abel Acosta, Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals,

not to accept or file the instant application for a writ of habeas corpus, or any future application

pertaining to this conviction unless Applicant is able to show in such an application that any claims

presented have not been raised previously and that they could not have been presented in a previous

application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Bilton, 602 S.W.2d 534 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).

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

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Filed: January 11, 2017 Do not publish