Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A petition for habeas relief from a conviction for felony driving while intoxicated is granted where petitioner could raise his claim of illegal sentence based on an improper enhancement for the first time on an application for a writ of habeas corpus, even though he failed to raise the issue on direct appeal and pleaded true to the enhancement paragraphs.

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• Decided 06/07/2006
• Published 06/07/2006

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• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

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