Rojas-Antonio, Pedro

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 16, 2026
• Docket: WR-97,492-01
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-97,492-01

EX PARTE PEDRO ROJAS-ANTONIO, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. DC89-CR2023-0680-1-4*1 IN THE 89TH DISTRICT COURT WICHITA COUNTY

Per curiam.

OPINION

Applicant was convicted of one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child

and three counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact. He was sentenced to

life imprisonment on the first count and to terms of 20 years’ imprisonment on the

remaining counts. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Rojas-

Antonio v. State, Nos. 13-24-00247-CR, 13-24-00248-CR, 13-24-00249-CR,13-24-

00250-CR (Tex. App.–Corpus Christi-Edinburg July 3, 2025). Applicant filed this 2

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 he was denied his right to file a petition for

discretionary review through no fault of his own.

Relief is granted. Ex parte Riley, 193 S.W.3d 900 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

Applicant may file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review of the

judgments of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in cause numbers 13-24-00247-CR,

13-24-00248-CR, 13-24-00249-CR, and 13-24-00250-CR. Should Applicant decide

to file a petition for discretionary review, he must file it with this Court within

thirty days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal

Justice–Correctional Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: April 16, 2026 Do not publish