IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-92,844-01

EX PARTE JASON DIAZ, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 1646652-A IN THE 232ND DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER Applicant pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. Applicant, through habeas counsel, filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.

Applicant contends that his plea was involuntary because trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52 (1985); Ex parte Argent, 393 S.W.3d 781 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). 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 counsel to respond to Applicant’s claims.

In developing the record, the trial court may use any means set out in Article 11.07, § 3(d).

The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether trial counsel’s performance was deficient and Applicant would have insisted on a trial but for counsel’s alleged deficient performance. The trial court may make any other findings and conclusions that it deems appropriate.

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Filed: July 28, 2021 Do not publish