Reginald Reece v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In the

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-24-00030-CR

REGINALD REECE, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 5th District Court Bowie County, Texas

Trial Court No. 20F0970-005

Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Rambin

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Reginald Reece, perfected this appeal from a judgment of conviction entered by the Fifth Judicial District Court of Bowie County, Texas, in trial court cause number 20F09070-005. We affirmed the conviction and modified the judgment. See Reece v. State, No. 06-24-00030, 2026 WL 407302 (Tex. App.—Texarkana Feb. 13, 2026, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication), pet. dism’d, Nos. PD-0432-26, PD-0433-26 & PD-0434-26, 2026 WL 1831278 (Tex. Crim. App. June 25, 2026) (per curiam) (order). On June 1, 2026, the State filed a petition for discretionary review with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Reece, 2026 WL 1831278, *1. However, Appellant died on May 16, 2026, whereupon counsel for Appellant filed a motion to permanently abate the appeal. Id.

At the direction of the Court of Criminal Appeals and in accordance with Rule 7.1(a)(2)

of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we hereby withdraw our February 13, 2026, opinion, including the opinion on rehearing issued May 14, 2026, and order this appeal permanently abated. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.1(a)(2); Reece, 2026 WL 1831278, *1.

Jeff Rambin

Justice

Date Submitted: June 25, 2026 Date Decided: July 2, 2026

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