IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-79,065-02
EX PARTE MICHAEL A. SARLES, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 1212053D
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IN THE 213 DISTRICT COURT FROM TARRANT COUNTY
Per curiam. Yeary, J. filed a dissenting opinion.
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 a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte
Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant pleaded guilty to online solicitation
of a minor, and, after a period of deferred adjudication, was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
He did not appeal his conviction.
This Court, in Ex parte Lo, held unconstitutional the online solicitation of a minor statute for
which Applicant was convicted. Ex parte Lo, 424 S.W.3d 10 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). Applicant,
through counsel, filed this habeas application based on the Lo decision and asks that his conviction
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be set aside. The State recommends that relief be granted in this cause. We agree.
Relief is granted. The judgment in Cause No. 1212053D in the 213th District Court of
Tarrant County is set aside and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Tarrant County
to answer the charges as set out in the indictment so that the indictment may be disposed of in
accordance with this Court’s opinion in Ex parte Lo. The trial court shall issue any necessary bench
warrant within 10 days after the mandate of this Court issues.
Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional
Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.
Delivered: February 10, 2016
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