Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2008

Ex Parte: Ricardo Villa

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided July 31, 2008

Opinion

NUMBER 13-06-00612-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

EX PARTE: RICARDO VILLA

On appeal from the 319th District Court

of Nueces County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Valdez Appellant, Ricardo Villa, filed a pre-trial application for a writ of habeas corpus seeking the reconsideration of a pre-trial bond condition. The trial court denied his request, and this appeal ensued. Just a few months after we received appellant's brief, he was found guilty of the charges he was indicted for, namely, aggravated sexual assault of a child.⁽¹⁾

See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.021 (Vernon Supp. 2007). Because appellant has now been convicted, any issues regarding the pre-trial bond conditions set by the trial court are rendered moot. See Oldham v. State, 5 S.W.3d 840, 846 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, pet. ref'd) (recognizing that the appellant's subsequent conviction rendered moot any issues concerning pre-trial bond); see also Ex parte Hodges, No. 2-02-429-CR, 2003 Tex. App. LEXIS 4999, at **1-2 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth June 12, 2003, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (same).

Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed as moot. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

ROGELIO VALDEZ

Chief Justice

Do not publish.

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

Memorandum Opinion delivered and

filed this the 31^st day of July, 2008.

1. Appellant's appeal concerning his aggravated sexual assault of a child conviction is currently pending in this Court.

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