In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-18-00194-CR __________________ JOHN DEE WETER JR., Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 359th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 15-08-08092-CR __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On May 29, 2019, the State filed a motion to abate, in which the State indicated that the appellant, John Dee Weter Jr., is deceased. Because the death occurred after Weter perfected the appeal and before we issued our mandate, the appeal must be permanently abated. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2). Accordingly, we permanently abate the appeal.

APPEAL PERMANENTLY ABATED.

_________________________ STEVE McKEITHEN Chief Justice Submitted on June 11, 2019 Opinion Delivered June 12, 2019 Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.