EX PARTE RAUL FLORES, Applicant (Other)

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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-78,627-01 EX PARTE RAUL FLORES, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. W97-31172-T (A) IN THE 283rd DISTRICT COURT FROM DALLAS 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 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 aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. The Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Flores v. State, No. 05-06-00236-CR (Tex. App. Dallas, delivered October 20, 2006, no pet.). Applicant contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he erroneously assured the Applicant that he could get him probation by jury. The Applicant alleges that, as a result of this erroneous advice, he rejected a 5 year plea offer from the State in exchange 2 for his plea of guilty. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984); Ex parte Patterson, 993 S.W.2d 114, 115 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). In these circumstances, additional facts are needed. As we held in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960), the trial court is the appropriate forum for findings of fact. The trial court shall order trial counsel to respond to Applicant s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court may use any means set out in TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). In the appropriate case, the trial court may rely on its personal recollection. Id. If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an attorney to represent Applicant at the hearing. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04. The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether the performance of Applicant s trial counsel was deficient and, if so, whether counsel s deficient performance prejudiced Applicant. The trial court shall also make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether it would have accepted the plea offer had it been presented to the court.1 The trial court shall also make any other findings of fact and conclusions of law that it deems relevant and appropriate to the disposition of Applicant s claim for habeas corpus relief. This application will be held in abeyance until the trial court has resolved the fact issues. The issues shall be resolved within 90 days of this order. A supplemental transcript containing all affidavits and interrogatories or the transcription of the court reporter s notes from any hearing or deposition, along with the trial court s supplemental findings of fact and conclusions of law, shall 1 See Lafler v. Cooper, 132 S.Ct. 1376 (2012). 3 be forwarded to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. Any extensions of time shall be obtained from this Court. Filed: November 14, 2012 Do not publish

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