Court Opinion

ID: 9410663
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-23 16:10:10.523045+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:59.395923
License: Public Domain

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                   OF TEXAS

                                       PD-0123-23

                         EX PARTE JUAN VALERO, Appellant

                          ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
                      FROM THE EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS
                               EL PASO COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                      OPINION

       Appellant is charged with aggravated assault and aggravated robbery. On January 12,

2021, the competency court found Appellant incompetent and committed him for 120 days

to restore competency. Appellant filed a pretrial habeas application on May 25, 2021,

complaining that he had not yet been transferred to a hospital and requesting immediate

release. The trial court denied habeas relief on September 2, 2022. The Court of Appeals

affirmed. Ex parte Valero, No. 08-22-00172-CR, LEXIS 901 (Tex. App. – El Paso February

13, 2023, pet. granted). We granted Appellant’s petition for discretionary review.

       The State has now filed a motion to dismiss, noting that Appellant was transferred to

Vernon State Hospital on June 21, 2023. Accordingly, we grant the State’s motion and

dismiss Appellant’s petition.
FILED:   July 19, 2023

DO NOT PUBLISH