White, Gill Jarome AKA Gil Jarone White

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 1, 2015
• Docket: WR-22,785-14
• Status: Published

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JUL 2 9 20\5 No. 538931-M

§ IN THE 179TH DISTRICT COURT

§ OF GILL JARONE WIDTE, Applicant § HARRIS COUNTY, T E X A S

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STATE'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER

Having reviewed the applicant's Original Application for Writ of Habeas

Corpus in the instant proceeding, the· State's answer, as well as all of the

documents filed in the applicant's initial habeas proceeding cause number 538931-

A, the Court recommends that the instant writ, cause number 538931-M, be

dismissed based on the following findings of fact and conclusions of law:

1. The applicant is confined pursuant to the judgment and sent~nce_ of the 179th District Court of Harris County, Texas, in cause number 538931 (the primary case), where the applicant was convicted by the jury on February 12, 1990, for the felony offense of aggravated robbery.

2. The court assessed the applicant's punishment, enhanced by two (2) prior convictions, at seventy-five (75) years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice- Correctional Institutions Division (TDCJ- CID).

3. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the applicant's conviction in the primary case on February 14, 1991. White v. State, No. 14-90-00152-CR (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 1991, pet. refd) (mem. op., not designated for publication). The Court of Criminal Appeals refused the applicant's petition for discretionary review on May 15, 1991.

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4. The Court finds that there are no controverted, previously unresolved facts material to the legality of the applicant's confinement which require an evidentiary hearing and recommends that the instant writ, cause number 538931-M, be dismissed because the applicant has failed to include sufficient specific facts establishing that the current claims could not have been presented previously because the factual or legal basis for the claim was unavailable; or that, by a preponderance of the evidence, but for a violation of the United States Constitution, no rational juror could have found the applicant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. TEX. CRJM. PROC. CODE ANN. art. 11.07 § 4 (a) (West 2013).

5. Further, a request for a commutation of his sentence is not available as a habeas remedy. Executive clemency is exclusively a prerogative of the Governor under the Texas Constitution. See TEX. CONST. art. 4, §ll(b); State ex rei. Pettit v. Thurmond, 516 S.W. 2d 119, 121 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974) (citing Ex parte Giles, 502 S.W.2d 774 (Tex. Crim. App. 1973)).

Accor9ingly, it is recommended to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that the instant application be dismissed. Alternatively, the court recommends that the applicant's ground for relief in cause number 538931-M, be denied because the relief requested is not the proper basis upon which habeas corpus relief can be granted.

ORDER

THE CLERK IS ORDERED to prepare a transcript of all papers in cause number 538931-M and transmit same to the Court of Criminal Appeals as provided by TEX. CRIM. PROC. CODE ANN. art. 11.07 § 3. The transcript shall include certified copies of the following documents: 1. The application for writ of habeas corpus;

2. The State's answer;

3. The Court's order;

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4. The indictment, judgment and sentence, plea papers, and docket sheets in cause number 538931 (unless they have been sent to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals pursuant to a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus order); and

5. The State's and the applicant's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions ofLaw (if any).

THE CLERK is further ORDERED to send a copy of this order to the applicant, Gill Jarone White, #538415 - Bill Clements Unit, 9601 SPUR 591, Amarillo, TX 79107, and to counsel for the State, Baldwin Chin, Assistant District Attorney, Harris County District Attorney's Office, 1201 Franklin, Suite 600, Houston, Texas 77002.

By the following signature, the Court adopts the State's Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order in Cause Number 538931-M. /

Signed AUG 0 3 Z0\5 - - - - - - - - ' 2015.

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No. 538931-M

EX PARTE § IN THE 179THDISTRICTCOURT

§ OF GILL JARONE WHITE, Applicant § HARRIS COUNTY, T E X A S

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned counsel certifies that I have served a copy of the "State's

Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order" in cause number

538931-M to the applicant on July 29,2015, by mail as follows:

GILL JARONE WHITE # 538415 -Bill Clements Unit 9601 SPUR 591 Amarillo, Texas 79107

Bl}ldwin Chin Msistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 755-6657 Texas Bar ID #00783823

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