Case Name: VELA v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1939-05-24
Citations: 130 S.W.2d 292
Docket Number: No. 20407
Parties: VELA v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 130
Pages: 292–292

Head Matter:
VELA v. STATE.
No. 20407.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 24, 1939.
J. D. Todd, Jr., and Owen D. Cox, both of Corpus Christi, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for selling marihuana, punishment assessed at five years in the penitentiary.
It has been made known to this court by proper affidavit that appellant has died since perfecting an appeal. It is therefore ordered that said appeal be abated.