Ruben James Carter v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 29, 2003
• Docket: 06-02-00179-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-02-00179-CR

RUBEN JAMES CARTER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 182nd Judicial District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court No. 903441

Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Ruben Carter appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled substance, namely codeine. Carter was tried before a jury and the judge sentenced him to twenty years' imprisonment. This is a companion to another appeal also decided this day, in appeal number 06-02-00178-CR. Both convictions occurred in the same proceeding and were based on the same incident. The briefs and arguments raised therein are identical in both cases. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in our opinion in 06-02-00178-CR, we likewise affirm the judgment in this case.

The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Jack Carter

Justice

Date Submitted: May 14, 2003

Date Decided: September 29, 2003

Do Not Publish

style="text-align: justify; line-height: 0.416667in">          Appellant Titus Regional Medical Center and Appellee Nellie Bell, acting as representative of the estate of George Traylor, have presented this Court with a joint motion to dismiss the pending appeal in this matter. The trial court denied Titus' plea to the jurisdiction, and Titus perfected the instant interlocutory appeal. The parties now represent to this Court they have reached a "full and final settlement." In such a case, no real controversy exists, and in the absence of a controversy, the appeal is moot.

          We remand this cause to the trial court for entry of orders to effectuate the settlement agreement among the parties. We dismiss the instant appeal.

                                                                           Donald R. Ross

Date Submitted:      January 3, 2006

Date Decided:         January 4, 2006