Tavarez, Rosalio

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 21, 2025
• Docket: WR-96,421-01
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-96,421-01

EX PARTE ROSALIO TAVAREZ, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. CR54935-A IN THE 441ST DISTRICT COURT MIDLAND COUNTY

Per curiam.

OPINION

Applicant was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced

to twenty years’ imprisonment and forty years’ imprisonment. The Eighth Court of Appeals

affirmed his conviction. Tavarez v. State, No. 08-22-00119-CR (Tex. App.—El Paso June 6,

2023)(not designated for publication). 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 appellate counsel failed to advise him of right to file a pro se petition

for discretionary review. Counsel states that the proper notification was mailed. However, the mail

room logs at the prison units where Applicant was housed show that Applicant never received that 2

notice. Based on the record, the trial court has determined that Applicant was denied the proper

notice and therefore should be granted the opportunity to file an out of time petition for discretionary

review.

We agree. 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 judgment of the Court of

Appeals in cause number 08-22-00119-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Delivered: May 21, 2025 Do not publish