Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-13 15:13:43.186101+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                     San Antonio, Texas
                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                        No. 04-22-00458-CR

                                        Abel C. ESQUIVEL,
                                             Appellant

                                                  v.

                                        The STATE of Texas,
                                              Appellee

                    From the 218th Judicial District Court, Atascosa County, Texas
                                  Trial Court No. 19-08-0204-CRA
                              Honorable Lynn Ellison, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice
                  Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
                  Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice

Delivered and Filed: February 7, 2024

PERMANENTLY ABATED

           On November 20, 2023, appellant’s counsel filed a motion to abate this appeal due to the

death of appellant. On January 30, 2024, appellant’s counsel filed a copy of appellant’s certificate

of death. The death of an appellant during the pendency of an appeal deprives this court of

jurisdiction. Molitor v. State, 862 S.W.2d 615, 616 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993); Moreno v. State, No.

04-22-00276-CR, 2022 WL 4227571, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Sept. 14, 2022, no pet.)

(mem. op., not designated for publication). Under these circumstances, the appropriate disposition

is the permanent abatement of the appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 7.1(a)(2); see Rogers v. State, No. PD-
                                                                               04-22-00458-CR

0242-19, 2023 WL 6853843, at *1 (Tex. Crim. App. Oct. 18, 2023). It is therefore ordered that

this appeal is permanently abated.

                                              PER CURIAM

DO NOT PUBLISH

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