Opinion
No. 08-20-00110-CR
03-29-2021
KEVIN MARK BASFORD, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
Appeal from the 132nd District Court of Scurry County, Texas (TC# 10678) MEMORANDUM OPINION
We hear this case on transfer from the Eleventh Court of Appeals in Eastland, Texas. See TEX.R.APP.P. 41.3.
Appellant Kevin Mark Basford has filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss his own appeal. On February 1, 2021, we abated this appeal and ordered the trial court to hold a hearing as to whether Basford's waiver of his right to appeal was voluntary and whether he wished to file a pro se brief in his appeal. In his testimony at the hearing, Basford confirmed that he wished to waive his right to appeal and that he did not wish to file a pro se brief. The trial court found that Basford made this waiver knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily.
Based on the record before us, we are satisfied that Basford has waived his right to appeal. The Court grants Appellant's motion and dismisses this appeal. See TEX.R.APP.P. 42.2 (governing voluntary dismissals in criminal cases). March 29, 2021
YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Chief Justice Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Alley, JJ.
Palafox, J. Dissenting (Do Not Publish)