NUMBER 13-01-826-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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JAMES ROBERT COOK,                                                        Appellant,

                                                   v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                          Appellee.

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                   On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4

                                  of Nueces County, Texas.

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                                   O P I N I O N

                   Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, JAMES ROBERT COOK, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the County Court at Law No. 4 of Nueces County, Texas,  in cause number 2000-2923-4.  Counsel for appellant has now filed a motion to dismiss appeal and/or notice to Court in which he advises this Court that appellant, James Robert Cook, died on April 14, 2002.

In accordance with Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2), we hereby order this appeal permanently ABATED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 30^th day of May, 2002.