# Ortiz, Juan Jr > Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · March 9, 2022 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6322773 ## Case - **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas - **Decided:** March 9, 2022 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Opinion - **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6322773 ## Opinion text IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-90,383-02 EX PARTE JUAN ORTIZ JR., Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 18-08-137-CRW-A IN THE 81ST DISTRICT COURT FROM WILSON COUNTY Per curiam. OPINION Applicant was convicted of burglary of a habitation and sentenced to thirty-five years’ imprisonment. He 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 requests a late appeal. Based on the record and trial counsel’s response, the trial court has found that Applicant was denied an appeal through no fault of his own. Relief is granted. Ex parte Axel, 757 S.W.2d 369 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988); Jones v. State, 98 S.W.3d 700 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003). Applicant may file an out-of-time appeal of his conviction in cause number 18-08-137-CRW from the 81st District Court of Wilson County. Within ten days 2 from the date of this Court’s mandate, the trial court shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wants to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent him on direct appeal. Should Applicant decide to appeal, he must file a written notice of appeal in the trial 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 Delivered: March 9, 2022 Do not publish --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6322773. Public record. Not legal advice.