Ex Parte Spann

OPINION

in which PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, J.J., joined.

Applicant was convicted on a plea of guilty for the offense of Theft of Property of $750.00 or less, and was sentenced to a 15-year term in prison on July 23, 1991. He was released on parole or mandatory supervision on July 8, 1996 (“RELEASE date”), with an expiration date of May 25, 2006 (just under 10 years).1 A parole-violator warrant was issued on October 20, 1998, but was subsequently withdrawn on February 5, 1999. Applicant was returned *392to custody at the Texas Department of Correctional Justice (“TDCJ”) on March…