Ex parte Brownlow

YEARY, J., filed a concurring opinion.

I agree with the Court's decision to dismiss the motion of the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs (OCFW) to extend the time to file Applicant's original post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus, purportedly brought under the auspices of Section 4A of Article 11.071 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 11.071, § 4A. This provision permits this Court to excuse the untimely filing of (or the failure to file) a capital post-conviction writ application on a showing of good cause, and it also permits (though it does…