COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

FORT WORTH

NO.  2-05-268-CR

JOSEPH DETCHEMENDY, III APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

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FROM COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1 OF DENTON COUNTY

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MEMORANDUM OPINION ^{(footnote: 1)} ON PERMANENT

ABATEMENT OF APPEAL

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Appellant Joseph Detchemendy, III has died.  Appellant perfected this appeal on July 11, 2005.  On September 29, 2005, we received a “verification of birth/death facts” from the secretary of the City of Lewisville confirming that Appellant died on or about July 16, 2005.

The death of an appellant during the pendency of an appeal deprives this court of jurisdiction.   Molitor v. State , 862 S.W.2d 615, 616 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993).  Under these circumstances, the appropriate disposition is permanent abatement of the appeal.   See Tex. R. App. P . 7.1(a)(2).  It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the appeal is permanently abated.

PER CURIAM

PANEL D: GARDNER, WALKER, and MCCOY, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED:  December 8, 2005

FOOTNOTES

1:

See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.