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OF TEXAS



NO. WR-60,469-15




EX PARTE DOUGLAS ALAN BURDEN, Applicant




ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 74575 IN THE 252ND DISTRICT COURT
FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY




            Per curiam.


O R D E R

            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 aggravated
assault and sentenced to thirty-five years’ imprisonment.  The Ninth Court of Appeals dismissed his
appeal for lack of jurisdiction.  Burden v. State, No. 09-03-00284-CR (Tex. App.–Beaumont August
7, 2003).
            In his present application, Applicant raises one ground.  This application, however, presents
a more serious question.  This Court’s records reflect that Applicant has filed six prior 11.07 habeas
applications pertaining to this conviction.  It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to
raise issues that have been presented and rejected in previous applications or that should have been
presented in previous applications.  The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily abused. 
Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S. 1 (1963); Ex parte Carr, 511 S.W.2d 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). 
Because of his repetitive claims, we hold that Applicant’s claims are barred from review under
Article 11.07, § 4, and are waived and abandoned by his abuse of the writ.  This application is
dismissed.
            Therefore, we instruct the Honorable Abel Acosta, Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals,
not to accept or file the instant application for a writ of habeas corpus, or any future application
pertaining to this conviction unless Applicant is able to show in such an application that any claims
presented have not been raised previously and that they could not have been presented in a previous
application for a writ of habeas corpus.  Ex parte Bilton, 602 S.W.2d 534 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).
            Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional
Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.
 
Filed: January 15, 2014
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