LITTLE, THOMAS Appeal from 25th District Court of Guadalupe County (dissenting by judge keasler)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-85,310-01 EX PARTE THOMAS LITTLE, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 14-0698-CR-C-A IN THE 25TH DISTRICT COURT FROM GUADALUPE COUNTY K EASLER, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which K ELLER, P.J., joined. DISSENTING OPINION I dissent to the Court’s granting Thomas Little habeas relief on the basis of an alleged double-jeopardy violation. For the reasons outlined in my concurring opinion in Ex parte Marascio,1 I would deny Little’s double-jeopardy claim because his multiple-punishments double-jeopardy claim may not be raised for the first time in a collateral proceeding. Instead, I would remand the case to the habeas court to comply with this Court’s remand order instructing the judge to “make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to 1 Ex parte Marascio, 471 S.W.3d 832, 833 (Tex. Crim. App. 2015) (Keasler, J., concurring). LITTLE DISSENT—2 whether the performance of [Little’s] counsel was deficient and, if so, whether counsel’s deficient performance prejudiced [Little].” Although the habeas judge ordered Little’s appellate counsel to file an affidavit answering Little’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, the judge did not enter any findings of fact or conclusions of law on this claim. Alternatively, we could grant relief on Little’s ineffective-assistance claim in light of counsel’s admission that his failure to allege a double-jeopardy violation on direct appeal was deficient conduct. Because the Court neither remands nor addresses the merits of the only properlyraised claim in Little’s application, I dissent. Filed: April 12, 2017 Do not publish
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