Jess Lee Crump, Jr. v. State

COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 2-08-347-CR JESS LEE CRUMP, JR. APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE ------------ FROM THE 362ND DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY ------------ MEMORANDUM OPINION (footnote: 1) AND JUDGMENT ON PERMANENT ABATEMENT OF APPEAL ------------ We have considered Appellant’s “Motion to Abate,” in which appellant’s counsel moves to permanently abate the appeal due to appellant’s death. A copy of the certificate of death states that appellant died on January 14, 2010. The death of an appellant during the pendency of an appeal deprives this court of jurisdiction. Graham v. State , 991 S.W.2d 802, 802 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998); Molitor v. State , 862 S.W.2d 615, 616 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993). Under these circumstances, the appropriate disposition is the permanent abatement of the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2); Graham , 991 S.W.2d at 802. No decision of this court having been delivered prior to the receipt of this motion, the court finds the motion to permanently abate the appeal should be granted. It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the appeal is permanently abated. PER CURIAM PANEL: MCCOY, LIVINGSTON, and DAUPHINOT, JJ. DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) DELIVERED: April 15, 2010 FOOTNOTES 1: See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.