Opinion filed September 16, 2010

                                                                       In The

  Eleventh Court of Appeals

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                 Nos. 11-09-00269-CR, 11-09-00270-CR, & 11-09-00271-CR

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                           RALPH ESCOBEDO TORRES, Appellant

                                                             V.

                                      STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                                   On Appeal from the 259th District Court

                                                             Jones County, Texas

                                    Trial Court Cause Nos. 010267, 010268, & 010269

                                            M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

            In each case, counsel for Ralph Escobedo Torres has filed in this court a motion to abate the appeal.  In each motion, counsel states that appellant died on August 21, 2010.  The motions are granted, and the appeals are permanently abated pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2).

                                                                                                PER CURIAM

September 16, 2010

Do not publish.  See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Strange, J.