State v. Christopher Ray Maldonado

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 18, 2016
• Docket: 13-16-00317-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-16-00317-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellant,

v.

CHRISTOPHER RAY MALDONADO, Appellee.

On Appeal from the 24th District Court of Victoria County, Texas.

ORDER

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Longoria Order Per Curiam Appellant, the State of Texas, by and through the District Attorney in and for

Victoria County, Texas, has filed a motion for stay of proceedings in the above cause.

On June 9, 2016, the trial court granted defendant’s writ of habeas corpus filed under

cause number 16-03-79247-A which dismissed the indictment in trial court cause number

15-10-28976-A. The State has filed a notice of appeal and has requested a stay in the trial court’s proceedings pending disposition of its appeal. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC.

ANN. § 44.01(a)(1), (4) (West, Westlaw through Ch. 46, 2015 R.S.). The Court, having

examined and fully considered the motion for stay of proceedings, is of the opinion that

said motion should be granted. The motion for stay is hereby GRANTED, and the trial

court's proceedings are hereby ordered STAYED pending disposition of the State’s

appeal.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed this the 18th day of July, 2016.