IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
AP-76,080
EX PARTE MICHAEL LEE SMITH, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 8325-1 IN THE 82ND
DISTRICT COURT FROM FALLS COUNTY
Per curiam.
OPINION
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the
clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court this application for writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte
Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. The Tenth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.
Smith v. State, No. 10-97-051-CR (Tex. App. - Waco, delivered February 27, 2008, no pet.).
Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel
failed to timely file a petition for discretionary review. Counsel submitted an affidavit stating that
he failed to timely file the petition for discretionary review because his staff failed to calendar the
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date it was due. The trial court found that counsel inadvertently failed to file the petition, and
recommends that applicant be given an opportunity to file an out-of-time petition for discretionary
review.
We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time petition
for discretionary review of the judgment of the Tenth Court of Appeals in Cause No. 10-07-051-CR
that affirmed his conviction in Case No. 8325 from the 82nd Judicial District Court of Falls County.
Applicant shall file his petition for discretionary review with the Tenth Court of Appeals within 30
days of the date on which this Court’s mandate issues.
Filed: January 28, 2009
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