Court Opinion

ID: 3079654
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-10-16 01:44:56.648949+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:25:13.051135
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IN THE
                          TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

                                 No. 10-12-00120-CR

ADAM W. RUFFIN,
                                                              Appellant
v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                                              Appellee

                          From the County Court at Law
                              Coryell County, Texas
                             Trial Court No. 11-61394

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Adam Wade Ruffin perfected this appeal from his conviction for assault family

violence. This Court has not issued an opinion or mandate in the appeal. Ruffin has

since died, and this Court received a copy of Ruffin’s death certificate. Ruffin’s death

during the pendency of his criminal appeal deprives this Court of jurisdiction. Freeman

v. State, 11 S.W.3d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000).           The proper action is permanent

abatement of the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.1(a)(2).

       Accordingly, this appeal is permanently abated.
                                               AL SCOGGINS
                                               Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray,
       Justice Davis, and
       Justice Scoggins
Appeal Permanently Abated
Opinion delivered and filed October 11, 2012
Do not publish
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