Ex Parte Minott

OPINION

in which McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and KELLER, PRICE, HOLLAND and WOMACK, Judges, joined.

This is a post-conviction application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P. Applicant was convicted of the offense of aggravated possession of a controlled substance and the punishment was assessed at confinement for five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. No direct appeal was taken.

In his present application, Applicant contends that he was not given notice of the State’s intent to seek an affirmative finding of a deadly…