Ex Parte Everett Madurai ( 2019 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-19-00158-CR
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EX PARTE EVERETT MADURAI
On Appeal from the 431st District Court
Denton County, Texas
Trial Court No. F17-2519-431
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Bassel and Womack, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Bassel
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Applicant Everett Madurai raises one point arguing that the trial court erred by
denying his application for writ of habeas corpus for bail pending trial. The trial court
revoked Applicant’s original bond in his initial offense involving family violence and
denied him a second bond after finding that Applicant had violated the conditions of
his initial bond by using drugs and by committing a new family-violence offense
against the same victim as the prior offense.
During the pendency of this appeal, Applicant was convicted. Because
Applicant has been convicted, the appeal is now moot. See Ex parte Tucker, 3 S.W.3d
576, 576 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999) (“The appellant having been tried during the
pendency of this appeal, the question of his pre-trial bond is moot.”); Armendarez v.
State, 798 S.W.2d 291, 291 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990) (holding that an issue regarding
pretrial bail was moot because the appellant was legally confined pursuant to a
conviction in the underlying case); Ex parte Villareal, No. 04-96-00588-CR, 1996 WL
729936, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Dec. 18, 1996, no pet.) (not designated for
publication) (dismissing appeal as moot). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as
moot. 1
Dabney Bassel
Justice
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Based on our disposition of the appeal, we deny as moot the State’s motion
for extension of time to file a brief.
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Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Delivered: August 22, 2019
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