Abated and Opinion filed December 14, 2006.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-06-00453-CR
NO. 14-06-00454-CR
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HAROLD EUGENE PRATT, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 230th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1043165 & 1061934
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
On November 30, 2006, this court was formally notified of appellant=s death and furnished a copy of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice=s autopsy order. 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 appeals permanently abated.
PER CURIAM
Opinion filed December 14, 2006.
Panel consists of Justices Frost, Seymore, and Guzman.
Do not publish B Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).