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OF TEXAS



NO. AP-76,120




EX PARTE ANTHONY TRENT BARBOUR, Applicant




ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 21634 IN THE 6TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM LAMAR 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 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 two counts of
injury to a child and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment on count one and ten  years’
imprisonment on count two.  Applicant’s appeal was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  Barbour
v. State, No. 06-08-26-CR (Tex. App.–Texarkana, delivered May 7, 2008).  
            Applicant contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he failed to
timely file a notice of appeal.  Counsel filed an affidavit in support of Applicant’s allegation.
            We find that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the
judgment of conviction in Cause No. 21634 from the Sixth Judicial District Court of Lamar County. 
Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he
may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal.  All time limits shall be calculated
as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues.  We hold
that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file a written
notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.
            Applicant’s remaining claim is dismissed.  Ex Parte Torres, 943 S.W.2d 469 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1997).
 
Delivered: March 25, 2009
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