Hunter, Joseph Wayne

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 19, 2022
• Docket: WR-83,490-18
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-83,490-18

EX PARTE JOSEPH WAYNE HUNTER, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. W13-56295-R(N) IN THE 265TH DISTRICT COURT FROM DALLAS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant was convicted of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury with a deadly

weapon-family violence, and sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment. The Fifth Court of Appeals

affirmed his conviction. Hunter v. State, No. 05-14-01146-CR (Tex. App.–Dallas, March 21, 2016).

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. 2

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

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Filed: October 19, 2022 Do not publish