Ex parte Valdez (original by judge newell)
Annotate this CaseApplicant was convicted of misdemeanor assault and placed on community supervision. He appealed that conviction, and the court of appeals affirmed. The Court of Criminal Appeals filed and set this application for an original writ of habeas corpus to consider whether an original writ of habeas corpus in with the Court of Criminal Appeals was the proper avenue for seeking an out-of-time petition for discretionary review (PDR) from a judgment imposing community supervision. The Court concluded that it was not. "Relief must first be sought at the trial level. Because Applicant has not attempted to obtain habeas corpus relief at the trial level, we dismiss this application."
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