TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-18-00122-CR

The State of Texas, Appellant v. Gloria Elizabeth Romero-Perez, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. CR2016-659, HONORABLE GARY L. STEEL, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER PER CURIAM The State has filed an “Application for Stay Pending Disposition of Appeal.” The State timely appeals from the trial court’s grant of a motion for new trial in the underlying criminal case.1 Under Code of Criminal Procedure Article 44.01(e), “[t]he state is entitled to a stay in the proceedings pending the disposition of an appeal under Subsection (a) or (b) of this article.”

Accordingly, we grant the State’s application and stay the proceedings in the trial court, pending the disposition of the State’s appeal.

It is so ordered March 1, 2018.

Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Bourland Do Not Publish

See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.01(a)(3) (entitling State to appeal trial court’s order that grants new trial in criminal case).