Ex Parte Ervin

OPINION

in which WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

We filed and set this application for a writ of habeas corpus to determine whether the applicant was improperly denied release to mandatory supervision. We deny relief because we conclude that the applicant’s prior conviction for sexual abuse precludes mandatory supervision release because it is a predecessor to an offense enumerated in Government Code Section 508.149(a).

I. Facts

The applicant pleaded guilty to delivery of a controlled substance and pleaded true to an enhancement paragraph alleging a prior…