Jr. Crump, Ex Parte Jess Lee Roy

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 12, 2007
• Docket: AP-75,805
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-75,805 EX PARTE JESS LEE ROY CRUMP, JR., Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. F-2004-317-DWHC1 IN THE

362ND DISTRICT COURT FROM DENTON COUNTY

Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

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 writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to forty years' imprisonment. The Second Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Crump v. State, No. 02-04-277-CR (Tex.App. - Fort Worth, delivered April 28, 2005, pet.ref'd).

Applicant contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance because, inter alia, he advised Applicant to have the trial court assess punishment when Applicant was seeking community supervision and the trial court could not grant community supervision. The trial court has determined that trial counsel was ineffective in that counsel advised Applicant to elect the court to assess punishment when Applicant was eligible for community supervision from the jury and hoped to receive community supervision, but the trial court was precluded from granting community supervision. We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to receive a new punishment proceeding in Case No. F-2004-317-D from the 362nd Judicial District Court of Denton County. Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Denton County to await that proceeding.

Applicant's other requested relief is denied.

Delivered: December 12, 2007

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