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Ex parte Bustos

State of Texas in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Jul 21, 2016
NO. 14-15-00791-CR (Tex. App. Jul. 21, 2016)

Opinion

NO. 14-15-00791-CRNO. 14-15-00792-CR

07-21-2016

EX PARTE CARLOS ALBERTO BUSTOS


On Appeal from the 339th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. 1350260 and 1355620

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Carlos Alberto Bustos was charged by indictment in each of the underlying cases with aggravated sexual assault. The trial court set pretrial bond in each case at $75,000. Appellant filed a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus seeking a bond reduction.

Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement with the State, appellant has been convicted in trial court cause number 1350260, and the indictment in trial court cause number 1355620 has been dismissed. The conviction and dismissal render the issue of pretrial bond moot. See Ex parte Morgan, 335 S.W.2d 766, 766 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960); Ex parte Bennet, 818 S.W.2d 199, 200 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1991, no pet.) (stating that "where the premise of a habeas corpus application is destroyed by subsequent developments, the legal issues raised thereunder are rendered moot."). Because the sole issue in these appeals is moot, the appeals must be dismissed. See Danziger v. State, 786 S.W.2d 723, 724 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990) (per curiam).

Accordingly, the appeals are DISMISSED.

Appellant's motions for voluntary dismissal, filed March 11, 2016, were not signed personally by appellant. Accordingly, those motions are DENIED.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Boyce and Wise.
Do Not Publish - Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a) (stating "appellant and his or her attorney must sign the written motion to dismiss").


Summaries of

Ex parte Bustos

State of Texas in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Jul 21, 2016
NO. 14-15-00791-CR (Tex. App. Jul. 21, 2016)
Case details for

Ex parte Bustos

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE CARLOS ALBERTO BUSTOS

Court:State of Texas in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals

Date published: Jul 21, 2016

Citations

NO. 14-15-00791-CR (Tex. App. Jul. 21, 2016)