NUMBER 13-11-00444-CR

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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WILLIAM LOTIN PARKER,                                                          Appellant,

                                                             v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                                Appellee.

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                          On Appeal from the 278th District Court

                                        of Walker County, Texas.

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                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

                           Before Justices Benavides, Vela, and Perkes

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, William Lotin Parker, filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction.  By order signed July 8, 2011, the trial court granted appellant's motion for new trial.

When the trial court grants a motion for new trial, it restores the case to its position before the former trial.  See Tex. R. App. P. 21.9(b).  Because there is no conviction to be appealed, we have no jurisdiction to consider this appeal.  See Waller v. State, 931 S.W.2d 640, 643–44 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1996, no pet.).

The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file and the trial court's order granting a new trial, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  See id.  The appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed the

25th day of August, 2011.