EX PARTE SHAKARA ROBERTSON, Applicant (Other)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-76,885 EX PARTE SHAKARA ROBERTSON, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. W11-71053-Y(A) IN THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. SEVEN FROM DALLAS 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 failure to register as a sex offender and sentenced to three years imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction. Applicant contends that his sentence in this case was enhanced by a prior conviction for aggravated robbery.1 He further alleges that the aggravated robbery conviction has since been 1 The Applicant pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement with the State. It should also be noted that, because his underlying sex offense was indecency with a child by contact, a sexually violent offense as defined by Article 62.001(6)(A) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Applicant faced a third degree felony punishment range under Article 62.102(b)(2) without the 2 vacated by this Court on the basis of actual innocence. Therefore, the Applicant contends that the sentence in this cause must be vacated as well because the enhancement paragraph is no longer valid. Applicant is entitled to relief. The judgment in Cause No. W11-71053-Y(A) in the Criminal District Court No. Seven of Dallas County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Dallas County to answer the charges as set out in the indictment. The trial court shall issue any necessary bench warrant within 10 days after the mandate of this Court issues. Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division. Delivered: September 26, 2012 Do not publish enhancement paragraph.
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