EX PARTE JOE MICHAEL LARA, Applicant (Other)

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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NOS. WR-78,250-01 and -02 EX PARTE JOE MICHAEL LARA, Applicant ON APPLICATIONS FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NOS. W01-73280-I(A) and W01-73281-I(A) IN THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. TWO 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 these applications for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of two offenses of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to life imprisonment in each cause. On August 17, 2012, an order designating issues was signed by the trial court. The habeas record has been forwarded to this Court prematurely. We remand these applications to the Criminal District Court No. Two of Dallas County to allow the trial judge to complete an evidentiary investigation and enter findings of fact and conclusions of law. 2 These applications 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 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 Filed: October 3, 2012 Do not publish

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