Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-29 08:13:49.823416+00
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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 17, 2023

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00172-CR

                  EX PARTE OSCAR IVAN CALVA-CRUZ

                    On Appeal from the 458th District Court
                            Fort Bend County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. 23-DCR-102423

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant was charged by indictment with possession of a controlled
substance in an amount less than 1 gram. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §
481.115(b). On February 9, 2023, appellant filed a pretrial application for writ of
habeas corpus seeking release for lack of probable cause. On February 23, 2023,
the trial court denied appellant’s requested habeas corpus relief. On March 13,
2023, appellant filed a notice of appeal.

      During the pendency of this appeal, appellant signed a plea agreement, and
the trial court signed a judgment of conviction. A supplemental clerk’s record filed
with this court contains the judgment of conviction. Appellant filed a motion to
dismiss this appeal as moot. We grant the motion.

      The issues regarding appellant’s pre-trial habeas restraint have been
rendered moot by entry of his plea of guilty to the underlying criminal offense.
Saucedo v. State, 795 S.W.2d 8, 9 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1990, no
writ). The longstanding rule in Texas regarding habeas corpus is that “where the
premise of a habeas corpus application is destroyed by subsequent developments,
the legal issues raised thereunder are rendered moot.” Id. (citing Ex parte Branch,
553 S.W.2d 380 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997)).

      Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot.

                                  PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justice Jewell, Spain, and Wilson.

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