Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 2000

Freeman v. State

Freeman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided February 9, 2000
11 S.W.3d 240; 2000 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 16; 2000 WL 141178 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)
Freeman v. State

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Opinion of the Court

OPINION

The opinion of the Court was delivered

PER CURIAM.

A jury convicted Appellant of delivery of a controlled substance and assessed punishment at confinement for life. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Freeman v. State, 998 S.W.2d 379 (Tex.App.—Texarkana 1999). We granted Appellant’s petition for discretionary review to address the Court of Appeals’ disposition of Appellant’s Brady1 and entrapment claims.

Appellant has died. His counsel has filed a motion to abate appeal and forwarded a certified copy of the death certificate. The death of an appellant during the pen-dency of his appeal deprives this Court and the Court of Appeals of jurisdiction. Ryan v. State, 891 S.W.2d 275 (Tex.Crim.App. 1994). Tex.R.App.Pro. 7.1(a)(2). Accordingly, the motion to abate appeal is granted and the petition for discretionary review is dismissed. The Texarkana Court of Appeals is directed to permanently abate the appeal of this case.

. Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963).

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