CRAWFORD, CHRISTOPHER LEE Appeal from 354th District Court of Hunt County (other per curiam)

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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-89,600-01 EX PARTE CHRISTOPHER LEE CRAWFORD, Applicant ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. W-10275-26160 IN THE 354TH DISTRICT COURT FROM HUNT COUNTY Per curiam. YEARY , J., filed a dissenting opinion in which SLAUGHTER , J., joined. 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 online solicitation of a minor and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction. Applicant contends that he was convicted under a statute that we found unconstitutional. See Ex parte Lo, 424 S.W.3d 10 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). The trial court recommended that we set aside Applicant’s conviction. Relief is granted. The judgment in cause number 26160 in the 354th District Court of Hunt County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Hunt County to answer the charges as set out in the indictment so that the indictment may be disposed of 2 in accordance with this Court’s decision in Lo. The trial court shall issue any necessary bench warrant within 10 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 Delivered: March 20, 2019 Do not publish

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