IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

NO. 74,608

 

EX PARTE HOWARD SEVERN, Applicant


ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY

Per Curiam.

O P I N I O N



This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus forwarded to this Court pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. Applicant was convicted of failure to comply with registration requirements of sex offender registration program and punishment was assessed at 4 years in prison. No appeal was taken from this conviction.

Applicant contends that he was denied the right to appeal. The record reflects that applicant desired to appeal, but appellate counsel was not appointed and no notice of appeal was filed. The trial court recommends that relief be granted. We agree.

Habeas corpus relief is granted and Applicant is granted an out-of-time appeal from his conviction in cause number 84251 from the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County. The proper remedy in a case such as this is to return Applicant to the point at which he can give notice of appeal. For purposes of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, all time limits shall be calculated as if the conviction had been entered on the day that the mandate of this Court issues. We hold that Applicant, should he desire to prosecute an appeal, must take affirmative steps to see that notice of appeal is filed in the trial court within thirty days after the mandate of this Court has issued.



 

DO NOT PUBLISH

DELIVERED: April 2, 2003