IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-83,634-01
EX PARTE JAMES PAUL WEAN, JR., Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 13-DCR-063722 IN THE 400th DISTRICT COURT
FROM FORT BEND 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 was convicted of online solicitation
of a minor. Tex. Penal Code § 33.021(b). He was sentenced to seven 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
filed this habeas application based on the Lo decision and asks that his conviction be set aside. The
trial court recommends that relief be granted in this cause. We agree.
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Relief is granted. The judgment in Cause No. 13-DCR-063722 in the 400th District Court
of Fort Bend County is set aside and the cause is remanded so the trial court can dismiss the
indictment.
Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional
Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.
Delivered: January 25, 2017
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