Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-29 15:07:28.580101+00
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Opinion issued May 25, 2023

                                        In The

                                Court of Appeals
                                       For The

                           First District of Texas
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                                NO. 01-23-00112-CR
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                         LACEDRIC BANKS, Appellant
                                          V.
                        THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 184th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Case No. 1745911

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On February 24, 2023, appellant Lacedric Banks filed a notice of appeal

stating his desire to appeal the denial of his pretrial application for a writ of habeas

corpus challenging the constitutionality of the statute being used to prosecute

appellant. On February 27, 2023, the charges in the underlying case against appellant
were dismissed. Appellant subsequently filed a Suggestion of Mootness asserting

that the dismissal of the underlying charges renders his habeas claim moot and our

Court thus lacks jurisdiction over the appeal. See Ex parte Bailey, No. 14-20-00837-

CR, 2021 WL 2546163, at *1 (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] June 22, 2021, no

pet.) (mem. op, not designated for publication). We agree. Accordingly, we dismiss

the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Goodman, Landau, and Rivas-Molloy.

Do not publish.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

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