Antonio Onorato v. State ( 2015 )

Order filed January 22, 2015.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-13-00838-CR
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ANTONIO ONORATO, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Criminal Court at Law No. 15
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1884855
ABATEMENT ORDER
On January 13, 2015, a supplement clerk’s record was filed in this court
containing notification of appellant’s death and a copy of his death certificate.
According to the death certificate, appellant died on or about December 22, 2014.
This court’s mandate has not issued.
The death of an appellant during the pendency of an appeal deprives this
court of jurisdiction. See Ryan v. State, 891 S.W.2d 275 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994).
When an appellant dies after an appeal is perfected, but before this court issues the
mandate, the appeal is to be permanently abated. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2).
Accordingly, we order the appeal permanently abated.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Christopher and Busby.
Do Not Publish—Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).