Ex Parte Moses Martinez

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-15-00334-CR Ex parte Moses Martinez FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF BELL COUNTY NO. 2C11-07750, HONORABLE JOHN MICHAEL MISCHTIAN, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Moses Martinez pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to three days in jail and an $850 fine.1 Subsequently, Martinez filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus, asserting that his trial counsel had rendered ineffective assistance by failing to advise him of the immigration consequences of his guilty…