Rafael Chavez v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 15, 2007
• Docket: 13-07-00076-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBERS 13-07-00076-CR, 13-07-00077-CR,

13-07-00078-CR, 13-07-00079-CR, 13-07-00080-CR

& 13-07-00081-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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RAFAEL CHAVEZ, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

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On appeal from the 117th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Yañez, Garza, and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Rafael Chavez, perfected separate appeals from judgments entered by the 117th District Court of Nueces County, Texas in trial court cause numbers 06-CR-4237-B, 06-CR-4246-B, 06-CR-4249-B, 06-CR-4250-B, 06-CR-4251-B, and 06-CR-4369-B. Counsel for appellant has now filed a motion to permanently abate these appeals based on the death of appellant, Rafael Chavez. According to counsel's motion, appellant died on October 22, 2007, after appeal was perfected, but before this Court issued its mandate. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2).

We grant counsel's motion, and, in accordance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 7.1(a)(2), we hereby order these appeals permanently ABATED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed

this the 15th day of November, 2007.