Ibenyenwa, Michael Jerrial

CourtTexas Supreme Court
DecidedJanuary 26, 2015
DocketWR-81,695-02
StatusPublished

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Opinion

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Michael Ibenyenwa Robertson Unit # 1638105 12071 FM 3522 Abilene/ TX. 79601

01.20.15

Clerk of the Court: Court of Criminal Appeals P.O. Box 12308 Austin, TX 78711

re: filing of the enclosed request for the Court Upon It's Own Motion to rehear their denial of the writ of habeas corpus that was transmitted up from the Criminal District Court No. 3 of Tarrant County, Texas, in trial court cause number C-3-010068-1149004-A.

Dear Clerk:

Please file the enclosed request. Applicant-movant only has a matter of days left before the 15-day ruling for filing request for reharing is over. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Michael

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Cin7 97 vvr IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

EX PARTE MICHAEL IBENYENWA, § FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT APPLICANT-MOVANT, COURT NO. 3, TARRANTCO. TX § VS. §

§ TRIAL COURT' CAUSE NUMBER THE STATE OF TEXAS, RESPONDENT. § C-3-010068-1149004-A.

requesting the court UPON IT'S OWN MOTION TO REHEAR THE DENIAL

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES:

COMES NOW, the above named applicant-movant, acting in his own behalf, respectfully requesting the court to rehear their de nial of applicant's writ of habeas corpus upon the Court's Own Motion.

IN SUPPORT THEREOF, applicant-movant would show the Court:

I JURISDICTION

THIS COURT'S JURISDICTION is retain in view of the Rules that grant ap^plicant-movant 15-days to file morion for rehearing upon the Court's own motion and their recent denial was issued 8HH on the 14th day of January, 2015; and received by applicant-movanten January 20, 2015. This rerquest for reharing upon the Court's own motion was filed/mailed this same day of January 20, 2015.

-1- II REASONS FOR GRANTING A REHEARING

[1] This request is being made in good faith because applicant- movant knows that as a mateer of fact and law that fis Constitution al Claims are meritorious. In that,

a. Jurists of reason have already found that an attack on the Constitutionality of a Statute ought to be raised on appeal regard less of whether or not defense counsel lodged, objection(s) or mo- tion(s). See Karenev-v-State, 281 SW.3d 428, 432-434 (Tex-Crim.App. 2009) [A facial challenge to the Copnstitutionality iof a Statute is a forfeitable right, that is, it may be lost by the "failure to insist upon it by objection, request, motion, or some other bshavior."]. In which Karenev was a plurality opinion of 5 -to- 4- In other words, four Judges dissented with Judge Cochran writing extensively on the issue that the requirement that a facialX^ challenge to a Statute be preserved is not absolute, and a defendant may raise for the first time on appeal an unpreserved challenge to the Constitutionality of a Statute.

Therefore, this Court ought to revisit Karenev when an appli cant raises said issue [as applicnat-movant has] on habeas corpus, in view of no court to date having determined whether a Statute's Constitutionality not preserved at trial or on motion for new trial and barred from being addressed on appeal due to not trial court preservation has right to raise said on habeas corpus.

b. Likewise, since the trial court did not get opportunity to rule on the Constitutionality of § 21.02, Texas Penal Code offense and the appellate court ruled applicnat was barred from doing so because counsel did not preserve the issue; ought not applicnat on first habeas corpus be able to raise ineffective assistance of counsel for failing the lodge objection, request, motion or some toher type attack on the Constitutionality of said statute ? In light of the Karenev-v-State, supra, case being ruled upon a year prior to applicant-movant's trial?

-2- c Thus, the issue of whether the Continuous Sexual Abuse Stat ue embodied in § 21.02 of the Texas Penal Code is unconstitutional on it's face and as applied under the State and Federal Constitut ion because it eliminates unanimity has not been addressed by this Court on habeas corpus. Whether it be in/of itself? or whether counsel's failure to lodge some objection, request, motion, etc. is deficient conduct? In view of the four Judges in Karenev who dissented and the five Judges who ruled it had to be preserved at trial or on motion for nea trial but counsel failed,to do so in

the instant case? )

Defense counsel's self-serving position thatihe had no val id reason to lodge said to preserve the constitutonality isse be cause the law on the matter was equivocal is invalid because both the karenev case and the Ricl)ardson-v-United States, 526 U-S. 813, 119 S.Ct. 1707,. 143 L.Ed.2d 985 (1999), were publsihed opinions readily available to defense counsel. But apparently he was not cur rent and/or did not research the law on this issue in view of the Texas progeny mandating unamimity from ajury in reaching it's de- cions at trial. It is incumbent upon counsel to know the law as it applies to the facts of the instant case. Strickland-v-Washington 466 U.S. 668 (1984).

[2] Each of applicant-movant's other grounds of error within the framework of the proposition relied within his memorandum of law are meritorious and worthy of this Court's rehearing thHem-

CONCLUSION

APPLICANT-MOVANT PARYS THIS Honorable Court will GRANT

^this request for the Court upon it's own motion to rehear their decision to deny and revisit the habeas issues raised in the writ. Thank you.

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Respectfully requested,

MICHAEL IBENYENWA: M'P'LICANT-MOVANT

-3- VERIFICATION

I, Michael Ibenyenwa, applicnat-movant in the foregoing re quest for the Court Upon It's Own Motion to Rehear their denial of the writ of habeas corpus does hereby verify under penalty of per jury that the facts contained in said request are true. I attest to this by affixing my signature below:

-4- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Michael Ibenyenwa, applicant-movant in the foregoing request for the Texas Court of C.iminsal Appeals upon it's own motion to rehear their denial of th. writ of habeas corpus. I certify that true cqpies of said request were placed in the Robertson Unit's mail box addres sed to the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals on the 20th DAY OF JANUARY 2015. I attest to this- by affixing my signature beloo:

*ekM/(W SIGNATURE: MICHAEL/IBENYENWA ROBERTSON UNIT Hf 1638105 12071 FM 3522 ABILENE, TX. 79601

-5- Michael Ibenyenwa Robertson Unit § 1638105 12071 m 3522 Abilene i'3U 79601

Clark of the CouirtJ Court of Criminal Appeala P.O. Boat 12308 Austin, TX 78711

res filing of the enclosed request for the Court Upon it's Own Motion '•.; to rehear their denial of the vrit of habeas corpus that was transmitted i •;' up froa the Criminal District Court Ho. 3 of Tarrant County, Tesas* in trial court cause number C-3-010068-1149004-A.

Dear Clerk: ••••_,.

Please file the enclosed request- Applicant-movant only has a matter of days left before the 15r-<3ay rulia^ for filing request for reharing is .over.-Thanit''you.: "•

Sincerely*

MtJUC Michael y

CO 18 THE COURT OP CRXHXSAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

EX PARTE MICHAEL IBENYSNIM, PROS TBB CRIMINAL DISTRICT APPLICANT-MOVANT, COURT HO. 3, TARSANSGO. TX

VS.

TRIAL COURT CAUSE NUMBER TBS STATE OP TEXAS, RESPONDEAT, C-3-010068-1149004-A. ,

request ing the court UPON IT'S OWN MOTION TO REHEAR TBB DENIAL

TO TBB HONORABLE JUDGES;

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Related

Strickland v. Washington
466 U.S. 668 (Supreme Court, 1984)
Richardson v. United States
526 U.S. 813 (Supreme Court, 1999)
Karenev v. State
281 S.W.3d 428 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 2009)

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