Opinion
No. 27818.
November 2, 1955.
Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 3, Harris County, A. C. Winborn, J.
No appearance for appellant.
Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
The offense is possession of heroin; the punishment, 10 years.
The State has filed a motion, duly verified, asking that the appeal in this case be abated on account of the death of the appellant. A certificate of death accompanies the motion.
The appeal is accordingly abated.