Ex Parte Quillens Edwin Stevens, Jr.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 8, 2007
• Docket: 02-06-00428-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

                                               COURT OF APPEALS

                                                 SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                                FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-06-428-CR

EX PARTE

QUILLENS EDWIN STEVENS, JR.                                                           

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        FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 3 OF TARRANT COUNTY

                                MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1]

Appellant Quillens Edwin Stevens, Jr. appeals from the trial court=s November 20, 2006 denial of relief on his application for writ of habeas corpus seeking a bond reduction pending appeal of his conviction and sentence under article 44.04(d) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.^[2]

Article 44.04(d) provides that a postconviction bond may be increased or decreased Apending determination of any motion for new trial or pending final determination of the appeal.@^[3]  This court affirmed Appellant=s conviction and sentence on August 3, 2006,^[4] and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused Appellant=s petition for review on November 1, 2006 and finally disposed of the case on December 11, 2006.  There is therefore no pending appeal on Appellant=s conviction and sentence.  Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as moot.^[5]

PER CURIAM

PANEL F:    DAUPHINOT, LIVINGSTON, and HOLMAN, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED:  February 8, 2007

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^[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

^[2]Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.04(d) (Vernon 2006).

^[3]Id.

^[4]See Stevens v. State, No. 02-06-00020-CR, 2006 WL 2190722, at *2 (Tex. App.CFort Worth Aug. 3, 2006, pet. ref=d).

^[5]See Watkins v. State, 883 S.W.2d 377, 378 (Tex. App.CTyler 1994, no pet.); see also Martinez v. State, 826 S.W.2d 620, 620 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992) (holding that conviction rendered moot a complaint regarding pretrial bail).