Daniel Subia Orona v. State of Texas

It .tO-e)p4-C£ FILED IN COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH DISTRICT FEB 1 | 2013 SHERRY WILLIAMSON, CLERK By—___ Deputy IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-76,966 EX PARTE DANIEL SUBIA ORONA, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. D-34,688-A IN THE 358TH DISTRICT COURT FROM ECTOR COUNTY Per curiam. OPINION Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the clerk ofthe trial court transmitted to this Court this application for a writ of habeas corpus. Exparte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of capital murder andsentenced to lifeimprisonment. TheEleventh Court ofAppeals affirmed hisconviction. Orona v. State, No. 11-10-00024-CR (Tex. App. - Eastland, November 10, 2011). Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel failed to timely notify Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed and failed to advise him of his right to petition pro se for discretionary review. We remanded this application to the trial court for findings of fact and conclusions of law. . 2 Appellate counsel filed written statement with the trial court. Based on that statement, the trial court has entered findings of fact and conclusions of law that appellate counsel failed to timely notify Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed and failed to advise him of his right to petition for discretionary reviewpro se. The trial court recommends that relief be granted. Exparte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997). 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 Eleventh Court of Appeals in Cause No. 11-10- 00024-CR that affirmed his conviction in Cause No. D-34,688 from the 358th District Court ofEctor County. Applicant shall file his petition for discretionary review with this Court within 30 days of the date on which this Court's mandate issues. Delivered: February 6, 2013 Do not publish