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OF TEXAS





NO.  AP-75,301


EX PARTE CARL TRACY CASTRO, Applicant




ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
FROM CAUSE NO. F-0100660-PI IN CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT 2
DALLAS COUNTY


Per curiam.
O P I N I O N



 This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus forwarded to this
Court pursuant to Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07.  Applicant was convicted of the felony
offense of delivery of a controlled substance, and punishment was assessed at thirty years'
imprisonment.  Applicant appealed, and his conviction was affirmed. Castro v. State, No. 08-01-00284-CR (Tex. App. -- El Paso, delivered May 16, 2002, no pet.).
	Applicant contends, inter alia, that he was denied an opportunity to file a petition for
discretionary review because his appellate attorney did not timely notify him that his
conviction had been affirmed or that he could seek discretionary review, pro se.  The trial
court, based upon an affidavit from appellate counsel, recommended that relief be denied. 
However, we do not believe that this recommendation is supported by the record.  The record
reflects that counsel did not timely inform Applicant that his conviction had been affirmed
or that he could file a petition for discretionary review from his conviction.
	Habeas corpus relief is granted, in part, and Applicant is granted leave to file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review from his conviction in cause number F-0100660-PI
from the Criminal District Court 2 of Dallas County.  Applicant is ordered returned to the
point at which he can file a meaningful petition for discretionary review.  For purposes of the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, all time limits shall be calculated as if the Court of
Appeals' decision had been rendered on the day the mandate of this Court issues.  We hold
that should Applicant desire to seek discretionary review, he must take affirmative steps to
see that his petition is filed in the Court of Appeals within thirty days of the date the mandate
of this Court has issued.
	Applicant's remaining claims are dismissed.  See Ex parte Torres, 943 S.W.2d 469
(Tex. Crim. App. 1997).

DELIVERED: December 7, 2005
DO NOT PUBLISH
