Larry Thomar Doral v. State

Opinion

ACCEPTED

01-14-00393-CR

FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/1/2015 2:13:11 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK

NO. 01-14-00393-CR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE

FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FILED IN

1st COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

LARRY THOMAR DORAL § 7/1/2015 2:13:11 PM

Appellant § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE § Trial Court Case No.Clerk 1393714

v. § 351 ST District Court § Harris County, Texas STATE OF TEXAS § Appellee AMeN 1) fd:>

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 TCD] 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 TDC] as soon as possible

so he can get his State ID number and prepare for his next parole review.

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

Melissa Martin Assistant Public Defender 1201 Franklin, 13 th Floor Houston, TX 77002 713/274-6709; Fax 713/437-4319 Email melissa.martin@pdo.hctx.net Texas Bar # 24002532

L~1d Appellant

INMATE'S DECLARATION

I, Larry Thomar Doral, being presently incarcerated in Harris County] ail, declare under penalty of perjury that, according to my belief, the acts stated in the above and foregoing motion are true and correct.

Larry

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I provided a copy of the above motion to the Harris County

District Attorney's office by electronic delivery on 1/1/6 , 2015.

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