COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-17-00046-CR NO. 02-17-00047-CR JOSHUA ERIC TOWNLEY APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE ---------- FROM THE 43RD DISTRICT COURT OF PARKER COUNTY TRIAL COURT NOS. CR16-0114, CR16-0115 ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION1 ---------- Appellant Joshua Eric Townley timely filed a motion for new trial and a notice of appeal from two judgments convicting him of sexual assault of a child. See Tex. R. App. P. 21.4(a), 26.2(a)(2). The trial court subsequently timely granted Townley’s motion for new trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 21.8(a). The granting of a motion for new trial restores the case to its position before the 1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. former trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 21.9(b). Accordingly, on our own motion, we dismiss these appeals as moot. PER CURIAM PANEL: MEIER, GABRIEL, and SUDDERTH, JJ. DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) DELIVERED: March 9, 2017 2