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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FIFTH DISTRICT OF TE.XAS AT OALLI\S RECEIVED Court of Appeals t=>AR'I EU(g~N£. !5I.m~ APPe/IC111f JUN 2 2 2015 v. Lisa Matz C erk, 5th District . TilE ST~TE OF TEXA.S ,flfPeJJee.

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STATE'S RESPONSE TO APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS The State, having considered the allegations contained in Applicant's Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the above numbered and entitl~d cause, makes the following response: I.

HISTORY OF THE CASE A jury convicted Applicant of the offense of aggravated sexual assault and assessed punishment at confmement for life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. The Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction in an unpublished opinion. (See Sims v. State, Nos. 08-01-00121-CR, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 1).

This is his first Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

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EX PARTE § IN THE 282ND JUDICIAL GARY EUGENE SIMS, § DISTRICT COURT Applicant § DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER Applicant, Gary Eugene Sims, has filed a prose objection to the trial court's ruling recommending denial of Applicant's application for writ of habeas corpus without holding an evidentiary hearing. Applicant contends he is entitled to an evidentiary hea-ing and discovery.

The Court finds that Applicant's writ application was dismissed by the Court of Criminal Appeals January 18, 2014 and is no longer pending IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Applicant'srequest for an evidentiary hearing and discovery is DENIED.

The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to the Applicant, Gary Eugene Sims, TDCJ # 1029968, Connally Unit, 899 FM 632, Kenedy, TX 78119.

SIGNED this ~ ( day ofApril, 2015.

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No. 05-15-00665-CR 6-15-(}.015 GARY EUGENE SIMS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 282nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F00-45450-S MEMORANDUM OPINION · Before Justices Fillmore, Myers, and Evans Opinion by Justice Evans )( Gary Eugene Sims was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a ~hild and sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. Sims v. State, No. 08-01- 00121-CR, 2002 WL 1482389 (Tex. App.-El Paso July 11,2002, pet. refd) (not designated for publication).' This Court dismissed for want of jurisdiction appellant's pro se appeal from the trial court's orders denying certain post-conviction motions both because his notice of appeal was untimely as to the orders and because the orders were not appealable. Sims v. State, No. 05- 1~-01438-CR, 2014 WL 6453607 (Tex. App.-Dallas Nov. 18, 2014, no pet.) (not designated for publication).

The appeal was transferred from this Court to the Eighth District Court of Appeals at El Paso pursuant to a Texas Supreme Court docket equalization order.