Metzler, Justin Ryan

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 14, 2021
• Docket: WR-92,366-01
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-92,366-01

EX PARTE JUSTIN METZLER, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 1548431-A IN THE 183RD DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant was convicted of driving while intoxicated third offense and sentenced to six

years’ imprisonment. The Applicant did not file a direct appeal. 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.

Applicant contends that plea was involuntary because at the time of his plea, the report on

the analysis of Applicant’s blood draw was pending and, after his guilty plea, showed that

Applicant’s blood alcohol content was only 0.04. Based on the record, the trial court has determined

that Applicant’s plea was involuntary because Applicant was unaware of a crucial fact to his case 2

at the time of his plea.

However, based on our independent review of the entire record, this Court finds that

Applicant has failed to show that his guilty plea was involuntarily or unknowingly made when he

pled guilty knowing that a particular fact was unknown or at least uncertain. Ex parte Broussard, 517

S.W.3d 814, 817 (Tex. Crim. App. 2017). We deny relief.

Delivered: April 14, 2021 Do not publish