Villa, Federico

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 12, 2024
• Docket: WR-94,896-01
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-94,896-01

EX PARTE FEDERICO VILLA, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. CR11824-A IN THE 90TH DISTRICT COURT FROM YOUNG COUNTY

Per curiam.

OPINION

Applicant was convicted of felony driving while intoxicated – 3rd or more and sentenced to

3 years’ imprisonment. 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 he should not have been convicted of a felony DWI. Specifically,

he contends that one of the jurisdictional DWI convictions alleged in the indictment was not a final

conviction and so it did not operate to make this DWI offense a felony. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC.

49.09(b); Ex parte Sparks, 206 S.W.3d 680, 682 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).

The trial court concludes that Applicant is entitled to relief. We agree. Relief is granted. The

judgment in Cause Number 11824 in the 90th Judicial District Court of Young County is set aside, 2

and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Young County to face the charges against

him . The trial court shall issue any necessary bench warrant within ten days after the mandate of this

Court issues.

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

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Filed: JUNE 12, 2024 Do not publish