Scott, Ex Parte Robby Neal

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 10, 2008
• Docket: AP-75,988
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NOS. AP-75,988 & AP-75,989

EX PARTE ROBBY NEAL SCOTT, Applicant

ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NOS. 9015-A & 9211-A IN THE 316TH DISTRICT COURT FROM HUTCHINSON COUNTY

Per curiam.

OPINION

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 these applications for writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte

Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of arson and

possession of more than four ounces of marihuana in a drug free zone and sentenced to twenty years’

and ten years’ imprisonment, respectively. There was no appeal from these convictions.

Applicant contends that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he failed to

inform Applicant of a plea offer to dismiss a motion to revoke the community supervision on the

marihuana charge if Applicant pled to the arson charge for a fifteen year sentence. The trial court SCOTT - 2

conducted a hearing at which the district attorney testified he made the offer, and Applicant and his

family testified that no such offer was made to them, and Applicant testified he would have accepted.

The trial court has determined that trial counsel was ineffective because he did not convey the offer

to Applicant. Ex parte Lemke, 13 S.W.3d 791 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000).

Relief is granted. The judgments of conviction in Case Nos. 9015 & 9211 in the 316th

Judicial District Court of Hutchinson County are set aside. Applicant is remanded to the custody of

the Sheriff of Hutchinson County to answer the charges against him.

A copy of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,

Correctional Institutions Division.

Delivered: September 10, 2008 Do Not Publish