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  •             IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NOS. WR-23,602-04 AND WR-23,602-05
EX PARTE WILLIE CURTIS MAYFIELD, Applicant
ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NOS. 12348A AND 12349A IN THE 29TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM PALO PINTO COUNTY
Per curiam.
ORDER
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 these applications for writs of habeas corpus. Ex
parte Young,
    418 S.W.2d 824
    , 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of two charges
of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for each charge.
In his present applications, Applicant raises two grounds challenging his convictions. These
applications, however, present a more serious question. Applicant alleges that he has newly-
discovered evidence of his actual innocence, and that he received ineffective assistance of trial
counsel. In support of his allegations, Applicant submitted a document purporting to be an affidavit
from an accomplice-witness who testified for the State at trial, recanting his trial testimony.
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The notary whose stamp and signature appeared on page two of the purported affidavit has
submitted an affidavit in which she states that she would not have notarized a document on a
different date that when it was signed, as appears to be the case with the purported affidavit. The
trial court conducted a habeas hearing, heard witness testimony, and has found that the piece of paper
purporting to be page two of the affidavit, containing the notary stamp and witness signature, does
not actually go with that statement, and does not prove that the accomplice-witness signed the
statement under oath.
The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily abused. Sanders v. U.S.,
    373 U.S. 1 
    (1963); Ex parte Carr,
    511 S.W.2d 523 
    (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). We find that Applicant has abused
The Great Writ by submitting false evidence. We deny relief on these applications and cite him for
abuse of the writ. By that abuse, Applicant has waived and abandoned any contention that he might
have in regard to the instant convictions, at least insofar as existing claims that he could have or
should have brought in the applications. Ex parte Jones,
    97 S.W.3d 586 
    (Tex. Crim. App. 2003);
Middaugh v. State,
    683 S.W.2d 713 
    (Tex. Crim. App. 1985); Ex parte Emmons,
    660 S.W.2d 106 
    (Tex. Crim. App. 1983). Additionally, based on Applicant’s submission of false evidence, we find
that Applicant has filed a frivolous lawsuit.
Therefore, we instruct the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals not to accept or file the
instant applications for writs of habeas corpus, or any future application pertaining to this conviction
unless Applicant is able to show in such an application that any claims presented have not been
raised previously and that they could not have been presented in a previous application for a writ of
habeas corpus. Ex parte Bilton,
    602 S.W.2d 534 
    (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).
Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional
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Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.
Filed: March 28, 2018
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