amp; EX PARTE LEXTER KENNON KOSSIE

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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. WR-10,978-09, WR-10,978-13, WR-10,978-14 & WR-10,978-15

EX PARTE LEXTER KENNON KOSSIE, Applicant

RECONSIDERATION ON THE COURT'S OWN MOTION

WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS IN CAUSE NO. 306767

IN THE 185TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

FROM HARRIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

O R D E R

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 aggravated robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Kossie v. State, No. 14-94-01171-CR (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.], March 13, 1997).

Applicant filed two writs of habeas corpus, his -09 and -11 writs, while his direct appeal was still pending. This Court erroneously denied the -09 writ, and correctly dismissed the -11 writ. This Court subsequently granted Applicant the opportunity to file an out-of-time Petition For Discretionary Review, pursuant to his -12 writ. Applicant never filed a Petition For Discretionary Review, but filed another habeas application, the -13 writ instead. This Court erroneously dismissed the -13 writ as a subsequent application barred by Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07 §4. Thereafter, this Court also dismissed Applicant's -14 and -15 writs under Section 4.

This Court has reconsidered the disposition of Applicant's -09, -13, -14, and -15 writs. The erroneous denial of Applicant's -09 writ is withdrawn, and that writ is hereby dismissed because his direct appeal was pending when it was filed in the trial court. After reconsidering each of the claims raised in Applicant's -13, -14, and -15 writs, this Court has determined that they are without merit, and should be denied. Therefore, the dismissals of the -13, -14, and -15 writs as subsequent applications barred by Section 4 are withdrawn, and those writs are hereby denied.

Filed: February 6, 2008

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