Miles, Ex Parte Richard Ray Jr.

OPINION

HERVEY; J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court

in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, COCHRAN and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

Applicant, Richard Ray Miles, Jr., was convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to forty years’ and twenty years’ confinement, respectively. The convictions were affirmed on appeal. Miles v. State, Nos. 05-95-01280-CR & 05-95-01281-CR, 1997 WL 867103, 1997 Tex.App. LEXIS 3431 (Tex.App.-Dallas July 2, 1997, no pet.) (not designated for publication). Applicant filed initial applications for writ of habeas corpus arguing that the State violated…