Ex Parte Howard

This is a post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of Clint Warren Howard, applicant. See Art. 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. Howard is the same defendant as the one in Howard v. State, our no. 0291-84, which case is pending before this Court on appellant’s petition for discretionary review. This Court has granted Howard’s petition for discretionary review in order to review the decision of the Dallas Court of Appeals that held that because a magistrate was used in that cause, pursuant to Art. 1918c, V.A.C.S., that this did not, standing alone, void the applicant’s conviction…