The opinion
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-81,202-02
EX PARTE JOEL RAMIREZ, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. CR20713-B IN THE 35TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM BROWN 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 a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte
Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of tampering with
or fabricating physical evidence and sentenced to forty-five years’ imprisonment. The Eleventh
Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Ramirez v. State, No. 11-11-00077-CR (Tex. App.—Feb.
7, 2013)(not designated for publication).
Applicant contends that his appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel
failed to timely notify Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed. We remanded this
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application to the trial court for findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Appellate counsel filed an affidavit with the trial court. Based on that affidavit, 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. The trial court recommends that relief be granted.
Ex parte 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. 11-11-
00077-CR that affirmed his conviction in Cause No. CR20713 from the 35th District Court of Brown
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: July 29, 2015
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