EX PARTE LUKE REECE HOPKINS, Applicant (Other)

State: Texas

Docket No: WR-75,224-03

Case Date: 02/01/2012

Preview:IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
NO. WR-75,224-03

EX PARTE LUKE REECE HOPKINS, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. CR20508 IN THE 35TH DISTRICT COURT FROM BROWN 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 this application for writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of evading arrest and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction. Applicant contends, inter alia, that his sentence is illegal because it is outside the range of punishment authorized by the charge. He was charged with intentionally fleeing from a person he knew was a peace officer who was attempting to lawfully arrest him. The indictment listed one prior evading arrest conviction as an enhancement. Applicant pleaded

2 guilty to this offense and a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Ex parte Rich, 194 S.W.3d 508 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006); T EX. P EN. C ODE

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