# Cochran, Michael Blain

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · August 20, 2026

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11423877

## Case

- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** August 20, 2026
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Nature of suit:** 11.07 HC
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-97,813-01

EX PARTE MICHAEL BLAIN COCHRAN, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. W-31624-A-1 IN THE 47TH DISTRICT COURT
RANDALL COUNTY

Per curiam.

OPINION

Applicant was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to forty years’

imprisonment. The Seventh Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Cochran v.

State, No. 07-23-00129-CR (Tex. App.—Amarillo Jan. 31, 2023). Applicant filed

this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the

district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 11.07.

Applicant contends that appellate counsel failed to timely inform Applicant
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that his conviction had been affirmed. The State recommends that the Court grant

an out of time petition for discretionary review. We agree.

Relief is granted. Ex parte Riley, 193 S.W.3d 900 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003).

Applicant may file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review of the judgment

of the Seventh Court of Appeals in cause number 07-23-00129-CR. Should

Applicant decide to file a petition for discretionary review, he must file it with this

Court within thirty days from the date of this Court’s mandate.

Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal

Justice–Correctional Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: August 20, 2026
Do not publish

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