Terrance Wayne Parnell v. State

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-17-00048-CR
TERRANCE WAYNE PARNELL, APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE
On Appeal from the 46th District Court
Wilbarger County, Texas
Trial Court No. 12,104, Honorable Dan Mike Bird, Presiding
December 7, 2018
PERMANENT ABATEMENT
Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.
Appellant Terrance Wayne Parnell was convicted by jury of the offense of
aggravated robbery1 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Appellant perfected an
appeal, but a mandate has not yet been issued by the court.
The State has filed a document indicating appellant died on February 1, 2018. The
death of the appellant during the pendency of his criminal appeal deprives this court of
1 TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03 (West 2018).
jurisdiction. Freeman v. State, 11 S.W.3d 240 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000) (citing Ryan v.
State, 891 S.W.2d 275 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994); TEX. R. APP. P. 7.1(a)(2)). The proper
action is abatement of the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.1(a)(2).
Accordingly, this appeal is permanently abated.
James T. Campbell
Justice
Do not publish.
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