Opinion

Lyon, Edwin Kenner

Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Dec 7, 2022
Status
Published
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The opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. WR-73,098-07

EX PARTE EDWIN KENNER LYON, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. 31647CR/G IN THE 40TH DISTRICT COURT

FROM ELLIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant was convicted of indecency with a child by contact and sentenced to twenty years’

imprisonment. The Tenth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Lyon v. State, No. 10-07-

00251-CR (Tex. App. — Waco May 21, 2008) (not designated for publication). 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.

We have previously dismissed five subsequent applications in this cause. See TEX . CODE

CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 4. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise grounds

that were previously rejected on the merits or that should have been raised in previous applications.

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We hold that Applicant has abused the writ and filed a frivolous lawsuit. See Ex parte Jones, 97

S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); TEX . GOV ’T CODE § 498.0045(a-1). Should Applicant file

future habeas applications in this cause, we will not consider the merits of his applications unless

he shows that the factual or legal basis of his grounds was unavailable in a previously filed

application. This application is dismissed.

Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Filed: December 7, 2022

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