EX PARTE ELUTERIO COVARRUBIAS (original)
Annotate this Case
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NOS. AP-75,853 and AP-75,854
EX PARTE ELUTERIO COVARRUBIAS, Applicant
ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NOS. CR-3273-02-F(1) AND CR-3030-02-F(1) IN THE 332ND DISTRICT COURT FROM HIDALGO COUNTY
Per curiam.
O P I N I O N
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 counts of aggravated robbery and sentenced to eight (8) years' confinement on each count. He did not appeal his convictions.
Applicant contends that his plea was involuntary because the plea agreement cannot be enforced. Specifically, he alleges that he pleaded guilty upon the condition that these two concurrent State sentences be ordered to run concurrently with federal Cause No. M-02-667-01. We remanded the -01 application to the trial court for findings of fact and conclusions of law on November 14, 2007. The -02 application, which was filed while the -01 application was on remand, challenges a conviction in a companion case and raises exactly the same claim.
In response to this Court's remand order, the trial court forwarded a copy of the court reporter's notes from the plea hearing held on February 11, 2003. At the hearing, the prosecutor explained that the condition that these two state sentences run concurrently with federal Cause No. M- 02-667-01 was an affirmative part of the plea agreement. Also, the judgments reflect that these sentences were ordered to run concurrently with the federal sentence. Applicant is entitled to relief. Ex parte Huerta, 692 S.W.2d 681 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985).
Relief is granted. The judgments in Cause Nos. CR-3273-02-F(1) and CR-3030-02-F(1) from the 332nd Judicial District Court of Hidalgo County are set aside, and applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Hidalgo County to answer the charges against him.
Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.
Delivered: February 27, 2008
Do Not Publish
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
