Larry Thomar Doral v. State

Opinion

ACCEPTED

01-14-00393-CR

FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 6/8/2015 12:53:52 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FILED IN

LARRY THOMAR DORAL § 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS

Appellant § Case No. 01-14-00393-CR 6/8/2015 12:53:52 PM

§ Trial CourtCHRISTOPHER Case No. 1393714

A. PRINE

v. § 351 District Court ST Clerk

§ Harris County, Texas STATE OF TEXAS § Appellee §

MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

Appellant Larry Thomar Doral, through counsel, moves the Court to permit him to dismiss his appeal of the above cases for the following reasons:

Mr. Doral does not believe the appeal will be successful and believes the dismissal is in his best interest so that he can transfer to TCDJ in order to receive his state identification number and prepare for his next parole interview.

This Court abated Mr. Doral’s appeal and ordered the trial court to hold hearing on the issues of whether Mr. Doral wished to pursue his appeal and, if so, whether appellate counsel had abandoned the appeal. The outcome of that hearing, held March 19, 2015, was the appointment of this office to Mr. Doral’s case and the withdrawal of Arden Morley.

Bob Wicoff, of this office, spoke to Mr. Doral at the hearing and advised him that his appeal was not viable, due to his plea of true to the state’s motion to adjudicate. Mr. Doral previously had been interviewed by a parole officer in Harris County Jail and had heard nothing from the Parole Board. He wishes to transfer to TDCJ as soon as possible so he can get his State ID number and prepare for his next parole review.

Mr. Doral’s letter requesting that this office move to dismiss his appeal is attached.

In view of the above, Mr. Doral asks this Court to dismiss his appeal.

Respectfully submitted,

ALEXANDER BUNIN Chief, Harris County Public Defender’s Office

/s/ Melissa Martin

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MELISSA MARTIN Assistant Public Defender TX. Bar No. 24002532 1201 Franklin St., 13th Fl. Houston, TX 77002 email: melissa.martin@pdo.hctx.net 713/274-6709 Fax 713/437-4319

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of the foregoing motion was electronically served on the Harris County District Attorney’s office on June 8, 2015.

/s/Melissa Martin

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Melissa Martin