Vince Lee Simnacher v. State ( 2003 )


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  •                                   NO. 07-02-0389-CR
    IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
    AT AMARILLO
    PANEL E
    DECEMBER 3, 2003
    ______________________________
    VINCE LEE SIMNACHER, APPELLANT
    V.
    THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE
    _________________________________
    FROM THE COUNTY COURT OF LAMB COUNTY;
    NO. 13,563; HONORABLE DANNY BYERS, JUDGE
    _______________________________
    Before QUINN and REAVIS, JJ., and BOYD, S.J.1
    On June 25, 2002, after a bench trial, appellant Vince Lee Simnacher was found
    guilty of the offense of driving while intoxicated and his punishment was assessed at 180
    days confinement in the Lamb County Jail, probated under community supervision for a
    period of 730 days. An appeal from that conviction was timely perfected and the clerk’s
    1
    John T. Boyd, Chief Justice (Ret.), Seventh Court of Appeals, sitting by
    assignment. Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §75.002(a)(1) (Vernon Supp. 2003).
    and reporter’s records were filed with this court. However, no further action has been
    taken by this court or by the parties in connection with the appeal.
    We have now been furnished with a suggestion of death by the State with a certified
    copy of a death certificate attached showing that appellant was killed on October 10, 2003.
    The death of appellant during the pendency of his appeal deprives this court of jurisdiction.
    See Vargas v. State, 
    659 S.W.2d 422
    (Tex. Crim. App. 1983).
    Because of the lack of jurisdiction to enter any other order, this appeal must be, and
    is hereby, permanently abated and no further proceedings in this court or the court below
    may be taken. See 
    id. at 423.
    It is so ordered.
    John T. Boyd
    Senior Justice
    Do not publish.
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 07-02-00389-CR

Filed Date: 12/3/2003

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 9/7/2015