Uresti, Steven Ceasar Appeal from 70th District Court of Ector County (other per curiam)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-81,115-01 EX PARTE STEVEN CEASAR URESTI, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 39,257-A IN THE 70th DISTRICT COURT FROM ECTOR 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 manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. Applicant contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance because counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal or motion for new trial. Specifically, Applicant alleges counsel did not file a motion for new trial until fifty-seven days after sentence was pronounced in 2 open court.1 We remanded this application to the trial court for findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court has determined, based upon the record and an affidavit filed by counsel, that counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We find that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction in Cause No. 39,257-A from the 70th District Court of Ector County. Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal. Within ten days of the issuance of this opinion, the trial court shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall immediately appoint an attorney to represent Applicant on direct appeal. All time limits shall be calculated as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues. We hold that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file a written notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 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 Delivered: August 26, 2015 Do not publish 1 Appellate counsel was not appointed until after the motion for new trial was filed.
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