Madrid, Armando

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided July 13, 2015·No. WR-76,062-03·Published

Opinion

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july 9, 2015 , Armando Madrid 1425800 * ` l James A. Lynaugh Unit

1098 S. Highway 2037 _ Fort Stockton, Texas 79735

Honorable Abel Acosta, Clerk

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Pl O. Box 12508, Capitol Station

Austin, Texas 78711-2508

Re: Objections to Habeas Court's Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, pursuant . to Tex» R. App. Proc. 73.4(b)(2).

Dear Clerk: _

Enclosed please find Applicant's Objections as stated above as well as the following items which the trial court may not have forwarded you or may not forward you. Please put these items in the habeas record for the Court's consideration. '

Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

A mando Madrid Applicant Pro Se

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No. WR-79,062-O3 Cause No; 4079-A

EX PARTE d § IN THE DISTRICT COURT' n § 109TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ARMANDO MADRID § ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS ' COURT OF CR|M|NAL AFPEALS APPLICANT S OBJECTIONS TO THE HABEAS COURT:S JUL. 1 3 2015

FINDlNGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW , Ab@lé©@§?a,@€@i‘§< TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

COMES NOW, Armando Madrid, Applicant, pro se, by and through Petitioner, David Lightfoot Hernandez, pro se, hereinafter styled: '"Petitioner," and respectfully files these objections to the habeas court's findings of fact and conclusions of law, and would respect- fully show the Honorable Court the following:

, . 1 . k yBACKGROUND

1. On March 24, 2015, Applicant, Armando Madrid, hereinafter Styled: "Applicant," mail-filed his Art. 11.07 writ application

to the Clerk of the 109th Judicial District Court of Andrews Coun- ty, Texas, along with Memorandum of Law in Support and Affidavit

of Fact in support, to include Criminal Docket of Cause No. 4079; Indictment in Cause No. 4709; and Judgment of Plea of Guilty in Cause No. 4079.

2. The 109th District Court forwarded Applicant's writ applica- tion to the Court of Criminal Appeals without making any findings of fact nor conclusions of law and the Court of Criminal Appeals pursuant to an Order filed on June 8, 2015, ordered the trial court to make findings of fact and conclusions of law, hold an evident- iary hearing, obtain affidavit£s) from trial counsel explaining his trial strategy, or do whatever else is necessary to resolve all l controverted facts at issue in this habeas action.

3. Applicant received the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of

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Law on July 3, 2015, from the Lynaugh Unit Mailroom personnel. Pursuant to Rule 73§4(b)(2), Tex. R. App. Proc., these objections are timely if mailed or filed with the District Clerk of the 109th Judicial District Court of Andrews County, Texas by July 13, 2015. ' IL. GENERAL OBJECTIONS

4. v Applicant's habeas corpus application states facts which, if true, would entitle him to relief. Applicant would show that the habeas court's findings of fact and conclusions of law are not based on live testimony taken at an evidentiary hearing, despite disputed fact issues which were more appropriately resolved through such a forum, especially given the time under consideration.

5. Any findings made without a live evidentiary hearing necessar- ily requires credibility determinations made upon evidence taken without confrontation and/or cross examination and without judicial observation attendant to that choice. Credibility choices made with- out live examination but, instead upon prior judicial or legal re- lationships, acts to insulate those, who routinely practice before the trial court and create a non-level playing field. lt is for this reason that the credibility choices, and all findings and con- clusions which rest, even in part, upon such flawed credibility choices, must be re-examined, ln that the entirety of the findings entered by this Court, except for those factual findings supported by the record, rest upon the credibility choices made without resort to live evidence, or even an affidavit from trial counsel, and Appli- cant objects generally to all.

6. All findings of fact and conclusions of law rely on facts which elude the main issue, that being trial counsel's failure to invoke the affirmative defense of statute of limitations in a case which Obviously was over two years beyond said statute of limitations.

No affidavit from trial counsel was produced because trial counsel is suddenly a victim of selective Alzheimer's and allegedly the transcripts of the case can't be found. This is a case involving

an issue of time not testimony or other evidence contained in any record of the Court save the charging instrument and arrest record.

These records, the Court alleges are available from the Court.

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-III. SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS

Findings Related to the Courtfs Contentions

7. Applicant objects to Findings of Fact at lll of the Statels Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, where the State contends that "Cause No. §lii, was indicted as a Third Degree Felony and CausehNo. §Zéi, was indicted as a Second Degree Felony." lt was either one or the other, but not both.

8. Applicant agrees with the State that Cause No. 3744 was never prosecuted and that the District Attorney dismissed Cause No. 3744 On or about July 1, 2002. Dismissal was filed into record on July 3, 2002 and there are no court records to indicate any activity in this matter until it was dismissed on or about July 1, 2002.

9. What Applicant would like this Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals to take Judicial Notice of is lndictment in Cause No. 4079 which was generated from the same arrest and/or "events" ;as were originally cited in the indicted Cause No. 37444 (See State's Find- ings of Fact and Conclusions of Law at lll), contains an Enhance- ment Paragraph which clearly states: "And it further presented in and to said court that, prior to the commission of the aforesaid_ offense, on the 25th day of June, 1996, in Gause'No. 3744, in the 109th Judicial District Court of Andrews County, Texas the defend- ant was convicted of_the felony offense of Driving While Intoxicated; against the peace and dignity of the State;"

10. Surely the Court`can see the problem here! The Cause No. 3744, which the District Attorney dismissed on or about July l, 2002, was Used to enhance Applicant's charge(s) in Cause No. 4079. This is

a fundamental defect, as Applicant was convicted of a Second Degree Felony Driving While lntoxicated charge relying on a void dismiss- ed charge to enhance Applicant's charge(s). (See lndictment in» Cause No, 4079, attached).

11. The State correctly cites that Applicant was originally in- dicted under Cause No. 3744, for an alleged crime committed on or

' about October 25, 1998. Driving While lntoxicated as a crime has

a three (3) year statute of limitations. See Art. 12.01 TCCP.

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