Court Opinion

ID: 9394361
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Date Created: 2023-05-14 08:12:23.768694+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:59.192040
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Appeal reinstated, Appeal dismissed, and Memorandum Opinion filed May 9,
2023.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                              NO. 14-22-00731-CR

                        RAMADAN EL-AMIN, Appellant
                                        V.
                        THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 262nd District Court
                           Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 1654859

                 MEMORANDUM                      OPINION

      A jury convicted appellant of indecency with a child. On October 6, 2022, the
trial court sentenced appellant to confinement for eight years in the Institutional
Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant filed a notice of
appeal that same day.

      On February 16, 2023, this court abated this appeal and ordered a hearing to
determine why appellant’s counsel had not filed a brief in this appeal. On March 17,
2023, the trial court conducted the hearing, the record of the hearing was filed in this
court on March 17, 2023, and a supplemental clerk’s record associated with the
hearing was filed in this court on March 27, 2023.

      At the hearing, appellant, together with his counsel, confirmed that he had
discussed the issues with counsel and determined that appellant no longer wished to
pursue his appeal.

      Appellant has not filed a written motion to withdraw the appeal or a written
motion to dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a). However, based upon the
testimony at the hearing that appellant does not want to continue his appeal, we
conclude that good cause exists to suspend the operation of Rule 42.2(a) in this case.
See Tex. R. App. P. 2.

      Accordingly, we reinstate the appeal and dismiss the appeal.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Bourliot, Hassan, and Poissant.

Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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