Strickland, Ex Parte Rodney Cameron ( 2009 )

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. AP-76,081
EX PARTE RODNEY CAMERON STRICKLAND, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. CR-26358 IN THE 75 TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM LIBERTY 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 murder and
sentenced to sixty years’ imprisonment.
Applicant contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he failed to
timely file a notice of appeal.
The record reflects that trial counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We find,
therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment
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of conviction in Cause No. CR-26358 from the 75th Judicial District Court of Liberty County.
Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he
may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal. All time limits shall be calculated
as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues. We hold
that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file a written
notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.
Delivered: January 28, 2009
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