Martin, Robert Lee

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 15, 2023
• Docket: WR-51,510-18
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-51,510-18

EX PARTE ROBERT LEE MARTIN, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. D-1-DC-95-955530-K IN THE 331ST DISTRICT COURT FROM TRAVIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Third Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Martin v. State, No. 03-02-00435-CR (Tex.

Ap.—Austin, May 15, 2003). 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Filed: February 15, 2023 Do not publish