Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-21 06:13:15.261386+00
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In the
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                   No. 06-24-00038-CR

      EX PARTE JOSE CRUZ BATISTA-GARCIA

            On Appeal from the County Court
                Kinney County, Texas
               Trial Court No. 12439CR

      Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
       Memorandum Opinion by Justice van Cleef
                                    MEMORANDUM OPINION

        This Court previously reversed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s pretrial writ of

habeas corpus and remanded the matter to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing. 1 Ex parte

Batista-Garcia, No. 06-23-00209-CR, 2023 WL 8287594 (Tex. App.—Texarkana Dec. 1, 2023,

pet. filed) (mem. op., not designated for publication). Before the issuance of our mandate, and

while the State’s petition for discretionary review was pending before the Texas Court of

Criminal Appeals, the trial court issued another denial of Appellant’s pretrial writ of habeas

corpus, which is the subject of this appeal.

        Recognizing that the trial court’s action prior to the issuance of our mandate was a

nullity, TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(g) (“Once the record has been filed in the appellate court, all further

proceedings in the trial court—except as provided otherwise by law or by these rules—will be

suspended until the trial court receives the appellate-court mandate.”), Appellant filed a motion

to voluntarily dismiss this appeal, see TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a). Appellant’s motion to dismiss

also states his desire to “await a decision from the Court of Criminal Appeals before pursuing his

claim again.”

1
Originally appealed to the Fourth Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme
Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (Supp.).
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          We vacate the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s pretrial writ of habeas corpus issued on

January 9, 2024, grant the appellant’s motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal, and dismiss this

appeal.

                                                   Charles van Cleef
                                                   Justice

Date Submitted:          March 11, 2024
Date Decided:            March 12, 2024

Do Not Publish

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