Ex Parte Lewis

ORDER

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to the provisions of Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 11.071.

In April 1987, a jury convicted applicant of the offense of capital murder. The jury answered the special issues submitted pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure article 37.071, and the trial court, accordingly, set punishment at death. Because some of the reporter’s notes from the trial were lost, this Court reversed the conviction. Lewis v. State, 844 S.W.2d 750 (Tex.Crim.App.1993). On retrial in June 1993, applicant pleaded guilty to the offense of…