In re Steven Green--Appeal from 432nd District Court of Tarrant County

State: Texas

Docket No: 02-09-00435-CV

Case Date: 12/18/2009

Preview:& EX PARTE JOHN E. OSHIA (Other)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NOS. AP-75,548, AP-76,549, AP-76,550 & AP-76,551
EX PARTE JOHN E. OSHIA, Applicant
ON APPLICATIONS FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NOS. 1115355-A, 1115356-A, 1115357-A, and 1115358-A IN THE 263rd DISTRICT COURT
FROM HARRIS COUNTY
Per curiam.
O P I N I O N
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 four separate aggravated sexual assault of a child offenses and
sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment in each cause. He did not appeal his convictions.
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Applicant contends that his sentences are illegal. The record reflects the Applicant was originally assessed two five
year sentences and two ten year sentences in these cases. The imposition of the sentences was then suspended, and the
Applicant placed on community supervision for ten years. The State subsequently filed motions to revoke the
Applicant's release to community supervision, and the trial court sentenced the Applicant to fifteen years'
imprisonment in each cause.
The Applicant is entitled to relief. As correctly noted by the trial court, when a defendant has his community
supervision revoked, a court may dispose of the case as if there had been no community supervision, or upon proper
determination, may sentence a defendant to a shorter term of confinement. Tex Code Crim. Proc. Art. 42.12 § 23(a).
Relief is granted. The sentences in Cause Nos. 1115355-A, 1115356-A, 1115357-A, and 1115358-A in the 263rd
Judicial District Court of Harris County are set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the sheriff of Harris
County to answer the charges as set out in the State's motions to revoke community supervision.
Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division and
Pardons and Paroles Division.
Delivered: May 11, 2011
Do Not Publish
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