Opinion
NO. 01-19-00376-CR
07-07-2020
RICHARD ONEY KEETON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law Washington County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 2018-0051
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Richard Oney Keeton, filed a notice of appeal from his conviction and sentence in the underlying case. Appellant has since supplemented the record before this Court to include a subsequent order of the trial court (1) vacating the conviction and sentence, and (2) dismissing the underlying case.
The trial court's order renders this appeal moot. We lack jurisdiction to decide moot controversies. Pharris v. State, 165 S.W.3d 681, 687 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). When an appellate court lacks jurisdiction, it has no choice but to dismiss the appeal. Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Kelly, and Landau. Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).