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Ex Parte Hodges

Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, Fort Worth
Jun 12, 2003
No. 2-02-429-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 12, 2003)

Opinion

No. 2-02-429-CR.

DELIVERED: June 12, 2003. DO NOT PUBLISH, Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b)

From Criminal District Court No. 4 of Tarrant County.

PANEL D: DAUPHINOT, HOLMAN, and GARDNER, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

See Tex.R.App.P. 47.4.


Appellant William Morris Hodges, II filed a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus seeking a bond reduction. The trial court granted the application but denied the relief. Appellant appeals from that denial. Two days after we received Appellant's pro se brief in this court, he pled guilty to felony DWI pursuant to a plea bargain. In accordance with the plea bargain, the trial court convicted Appellant and sentenced him to ten years' confinement and a $1,250 fine. The sentence was probated for ten years, and Appellant was ordered to serve 120 days in jail as a condition of probation. The State has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as moot. Because Appellant has now been convicted, any issues concerning pretrial bond are moot. We therefore grant the State's motion and dismiss this appeal.

Oldham v. State, 5 S.W.3d 840, 846 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, pet. ref'd); see Taylor v. State, 676 S.W.2d 135, 136 (Tex.Crim.App. 1984) (appeal of denial of pretrial bond rendered moot where accused accorded trial on prior indictment); Tobias v. State, 884 S.W.2d 571, 585 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 1994, pet. ref'd) (same), cert. denied, 515 U.S. 1126 (1995).

See Tex.R.App.P. 43.2(f).


Summaries of

Ex Parte Hodges

Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, Fort Worth
Jun 12, 2003
No. 2-02-429-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 12, 2003)
Case details for

Ex Parte Hodges

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE WILLIAM MORRIS HODGES, II

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, Fort Worth

Date published: Jun 12, 2003

Citations

No. 2-02-429-CR (Tex. App. Jun. 12, 2003)

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