Bell, Craig Anthony



















IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS




NO. WR-50,374-04


EX PARTE CRAIG ANTHONY BELL, Applicant


ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NUMBER 733652-B IN THE 178TH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT OF HARRIS COUNTY


Per Curiam.



O R D E R



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. His sentence was assessed at confinement for a period of fifty years. Applicant appealed the conviction in Bell v. State, No. 14-97-00644-CR, but the judgment was affirmed.

The trial court recommends that ground one, which challenges the conviction by alleging actual innocence, be denied. We agree.

The trial court recommends that ground two, which is an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, be dismissed pursuant to Tex. Code Crim. Pro., art. 11.07, §4(a)-(c). We agree.

Ground one is denied; ground two is dismissed.

DELIVERED: MARCH 29, 2006

DO NOT PUBLISH