Gregory P. Butler v. State

Opinion

Opinion issued January 23, 2020

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

perfected but before the appellate court issues the mandate, the appeal will be

permanently abated.”). Accordingly, we permanently abate the appeal. Counsel’s

motion to withdraw from representing appellant and any other pending motions are

dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Goodman, and Countiss.

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Footnotes

1. NO. 01-19-00219-CR ——————————— GREGORY P. BUTLER, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 178th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 1491849 MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PERMANENT ABATEMENT Counsel for appellant Gregory P. Butler has filed a notice indicating that appellant has died. Because appellant’s death occurred after he perfected this appeal and before we issued our mandate, the appeal must be permanently abated. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.1(a)(2) (“If the appellant in a criminal case dies after an appeal is