Ex Parte Kennedy Fitzgerald Johnson v. the State of Texas
Ex Parte Kennedy Fitzgerald Johnson v. the State of Texas
Opinion
Opinion issued December 23, 2021
In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-21-00265-CR NO. 01-21-00266-CR ——————————— EX PARTE KENNEDY FITZGERALD JOHNSON, Appellant
On Appeal from the 208th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case Nos. 1715831 & 1723488
MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant, Kennedy Fitzgerald Johnson, appeals from the denials of his pretrial petitions for writ of habeas corpus concerning bail. On August 23, 2021, the trial court entered judgments of conviction, adjudicating appellant guilty of the offenses of injury to a child under age 15 and sentenced him to five years’ incarceration in the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, with the sentences to run concurrently. These sentences were in accordance with plea bargains with the State.
An appeal from the denial of a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus is rendered moot when the appellant is convicted of the underlying offense before the appellate court rules on the habeas appeal. See Martinez v. State, 826 S.W.2d 620, 620 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992); Ex parte Cole, No. 01-20-00748-CR, 2021 WL 3624713, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 17, 2021, no pet.). Because appellant has now been convicted of the underlying offense, this appeal from the denial of appellant’s pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus is moot.
Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed as moot. See Cole, 2021 WL 3624713, at *1. Any pending motions are dismissed as moot.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Hightower, Countiss, and Guerra.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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