Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-09-29 00:47:32.231011+00
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NUMBER 13-14-00637-CR

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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MARTIN RANGEL,                                                              Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 117th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Perkes
                  Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Martin Rangel, was convicted of theft. On August 22, 2014, appellant

filed a notice of appeal by and through his attorney. Appellant’s attorney filed a motion

to abate the appeal advising the Court that he was unable to proceed with the appeal

because of an inability to contact the appellant. On July 7, 2015, this Court abated the
appeal and ordered the trial court to determine whether appellant could be located and

whether appellant desired to prosecute this appeal.

      The trial court held a hearing on August 3, 2015. A supplemental record was filed

on August 6, 2015. Accordingly, this appeal is REINSTATED. Counsel for appellant

appeared, but appellant did not appear. The trial court found that appellant has advised

that he no longer wishes to pursue the appeal and recommended that appellant has

abandoned the appeal.

      Based upon the recommendation of the trial court that appellant has abandoned

his appeal, we conclude that good cause exists to suspend the operation of Rule 42.2(a)

in this case. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.

                                                                   PER CURIAM

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed the 8th
day of October, 2015.

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