Shivers, Ex Parte Michael

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 21, 2006
• Docket: AP-75,458
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-75,458 EX PARTE MICHAEL SHIVERS, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. 2002-401016 IN THE 140TH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT LUBBOCK COUNTY

Per curiam.

O P I N I O N

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus that was transmitted to this Court by the clerk of the trial court pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07, Section 3, of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Ex Parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of murder and was sentenced to confinement for life. The conviction was affirmed in an unpublished opinion. Shivers v. State, No. 07-03-00521-CR (Tex. App.--Amarillo, delivered April 26, 2005).

Applicant contends that he was denied his right to file a Petition for Discretionary Review (PDR) after his conviction was affirmed and that he desired to file such a petition. After a review of the record, which includes an affidavit from Applicant's appellate counsel, we find that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time PDR. See Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25, 27 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997); Ex parte Crow, 180 S.W.3d 135 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005).

Thus, Applicant is granted leave to file an out-of-time PDR from the judgment of the Court of Appeals, number 07-03-0521-CR, which affirmed the conviction in cause number 2002-401016 from the 140th Judicial District Court of Lubbock County, Texas. Applicant shall file his PDR with the Seventh Court of Appeals within thirty days of the issuance of this Court's mandate in this matter. Applicant's remaining grounds for relief, if any, are dismissed.

DELIVERED: June 21, 2006

DO NOT PUBLISH