             IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                    NOS. WR-90,947-01, 90,947-02, 90,947-03, & 90,947-04


                   EX PARTE RAYMOND NATHANIEL HALE, Applicant


                 ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS
                 CAUSE NOS. A12482-1, A12483-1, A13270-1, & A13271-1
                IN THE 216TH DISTRICT COURT FROM KERR COUNTY


        Per curiam.

                                             ORDER

        Applicant was twice convicted of injury to a child (intentionally cause serious bodily injury)

and sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment on one conviction and ten years’ imprisonment on the

second. Applicant also was convicted of tampering with a governmental record and securing

execution of a document by deception and sentenced to one and two years’ imprisonment

respectively. He filed these applications for writs of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and

the district clerk forwarded them to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.

        Applicant contends that he was denied his right to an appeal because counsel failed to timely

file notices of appeal. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Ex parte

Axel, 757 S.W.2d 369 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988); Jones v. State, 98 S.W.3d 700 (Tex. Crim. App.
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2003). Accordingly, the record should be developed. The trial court is the appropriate forum for

findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court shall order trial counsel1

to respond to Applicant’s claim. In developing the record, the trial court may use any means set out

in Article 11.07, § 3(d). If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether

Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wants to be represented by counsel, the trial court

shall appoint counsel to represent him at the hearing. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04. If

counsel is appointed or retained, the trial court shall immediately notify this Court of counsel’s

name.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether Applicant

was denied his right to an appeal because trial counsel failed to timely file notices of appeal. The

trial court may make any other findings and conclusions that it deems appropriate in response to

Applicant’s claim.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days from

the date of this order. The district clerk shall then immediately forward to this Court the trial court’s

findings and conclusions and the record developed on remand, including, among other things,

affidavits, motions, objections, proposed findings and conclusions, orders, and transcripts from

hearings and depositions. See TEX . R. APP . P. 73.4(b)(4). Any extensions of time must be requested

by the trial court and obtained from this Court.



Filed:         March 11, 2020
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         If a defendant decides to appeal his conviction, trial counsel rather than appellate
counsel has the duty to ensure that written notice of appeal is filed with the trial court. Jones, 98
S.W.3d at 703.
