Dunlap, Ex Parte Steven

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-75,028

EX PARTE STEVEN DUNLAP, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

FROM TRAVIS COUNTY

OPINION

Tex. Gov't Code § 501.0081 requires an "inmate who alleges that time credited on the inmate's sentence is in error" to first present this claim to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) office of time credit resolution. See Ex parte Stokes, 15 S.W.3d 532, 532-33 (Tex.Cr.App. 2000). Applicant was incarcerated in a county jail awaiting transfer to the TDCJ to serve a 3-year sentence for an indecency with a child conviction when he…