11th Court of Appeals

                                                                  Eastland, Texas

                                                                        Opinion

Kendrick Ladelle McGahee

Appellant

Vs.                   No. 11-05-00142-CR -- Appeal from Dallas County

State of Texas

Appellee

Counsel for Kendrick Ladelle McGahee has filed in this court a motion to permanently abate this appeal.  A copy of a letter from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice B Institutional Division is attached to the motion.  The letter states that appellant died on July 31, 2005.

The motion is granted, and the appeal is permanently abated.  TEX.R.APP.P. 7.1(a)(2).

PER CURIAM

September 8, 2005

Do not publish.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

Panel consists of:  Wright, J., and McCall, J.^[1]