Parrott, Ex Parte Jimmie Mark Jr.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. AP-76,647

EX PARTE JIMMIE MARK PARROTT, JR., Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. 1227343-B IN THE 230TH DISTRICT COURT

HARRIS COUNTY

Alcala, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., and Price, Womack, Johnson, and Cochran, JJ., joined. Meyers, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Hervey, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Keasler, J., joined.

O P I N I O N

In this case, we decide that an applicant must prove harm to obtain relief in a writ of habeas corpus premised on an illegal-sentence claim. Here, Jimmie…