Santiago Jimmy Ruiz v. State of Texas

Opinion

Order filed November 3, 2011

                                                                       In The          

  Eleventh Court of Appeals

                                                                   __________

                                                         No. 11-09-00344-CR

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                               SANTIAGO JIMMY RUIZ, Appellant

                                                             V.

                                      STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                                   On Appeal from the 29th District Court

                                                         Palo Pinto County, Texas

                                                      Trial Court Cause No. 13887

                                                                     O R D E R

            This court, on October 13, 2011, affirmed the trial court’s judgment.  On October 20, 2011, appellant’s attorney filed in this court a motion to withdraw as court-appointed counsel.  The obligation of an attorney appointed on appeal ends at the conclusion of the direct appeal after counsel sends the appellate court’s opinion and judgment to his client and gives his client notice regarding the right to file a petition for discretionary review.  Counsel in this case has complied with these obligations, and appellant has filed in the Court of Criminal Appeals a pro se motion for an extension of time in which to file a petition for discretionary review. 

            Counsel’s motion to withdraw as court-appointed counsel is dismissed as moot.

November 3, 2011                                                                              PER CURIAM

Do not publish.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

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Kalenak, J.