Court Opinion

ID: 9841400
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-22 11:09:19.218542+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:51:21.401001
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IN THE
                         TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

                                No. 10-22-00394-CR

OTHA MORRIS HAYWOOD,
                                                           Appellant
v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
                                                           Appellee

                          From the 278th District Court
                             Walker County, Texas
                             Trial Court No. 29009

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Otha Morris Haywood perfected this appeal from his conviction for driving while

intoxicated-3rd or more. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 49.04. This Court has not issued

an opinion or mandate in this appeal. Haywood has since died, and this Court received

a copy of Haywood’s death certificate. Haywood’s death during the pendency of his

criminal appeal deprives this Court of jurisdiction. See Freeman v. State, 11 S.W.3d 240,
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.

                                              STEVE SMITH
                                              Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray,
       Justice Johnson, and
       Justice Smith
Appeal permanently abated
Opinion delivered and filed September 21, 2023
Do not publish
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