MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-11-00108-CR Sie Joe LANN, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee From the 218th Judicial District Court, La Salle County, Texas Trial Court No. 97-07-00030-CRL Honorable Stella Saxon, Judge Presiding PER CURIAM Sitting: Karen Angelini, Justice Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice Delivered and Filed: August 24, 2011 PERMANENTLY ABATED This court has received notice that appellant died on July 8, 2011. Because the appeal was perfected before appellant’s death, and we have not yet issued a mandate, it is ordered that the appeal is permanently abated. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.1(a)(2); Vargas v. State, 659 S.W.2d 422, 423 (Tex. Crim. App. 1983).

PER CURIAM DO NOT PUBLISH