IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
WR-46,779-04
ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NUMBERS W8625A2 AND W8626A2 IN THE 47TH
DISTRICT COURT RANDALL COUNTY
Per curiam.
O R D E R
These are applications for writs of habeas corpus that were 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 pled not guilty to sexual assault of a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child. A jury found him guilty of each offense and sentenced him to a term of twenty years in prison for the sexual assault and a term of life in prison for the aggravated sexual assault. The convictions were affirmed on direct appeal in an unpublished decision. Ansley v. State, Nos. 07-96-0224-CR and 07-96-0225-CR (Tex. App.--Amarillo August 26, 1998, pet. dism.).
In this application for a writ of habeas corpus, Applicant contends, inter alia, that his convictions are unconstitutional under Carmell v. State, 529 U.S. 513 (2000), that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge the testimony of the child-victims as uncorroborated, and that the prosecutions were barred by the applicable statutes of limitations. The State has provided a response to Applicant's claims.
In its response, the State makes reference to trial testimony and provides citations to the reporter's record from the trial. The record provided to this Court, however, did not contain the relevant portions of the reporter's record. Thus, the trial court was ordered to have the Randall County District Attorney file the relevant portions of the trial transcript to which it referred in its answer and to supplement the record to this Court with the additional information.
A supplement has been received containing a transcription. The transcription provided, however, appears to be from the voir dire examination of potential jurors at the first trial that resulted in a reversal on appeal and not from the testimony presented at the second trial and to which the State apparently refers in its answer. Thus, the trial court shall order the Randall County District Attorney to file the correct and relevant portions of the trial transcript to which it refers in its answer and to supplement the record to this Court with the additional information.
Further, because this Court does not hear evidence, Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960), this application for a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus will be held in abeyance pending the trial court's compliance with this order. Resolution shall be accomplished by the trial court within 30 days of the date of this order. (1) The supplemental transcript shall be returned to this Court within 45 days of the date of this order. (2)
DELIVERED: October 4, 2006
DO NOT PUBLISH
1. 2.