Jorge Martinez v. State

NUMBER 13-14-00053-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG JORGE MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 of Nueces County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Jorge Martinez, was convicted of resisting arrest. On January 23, 2014, appellant filed a notice of appeal by and through his attorney. The appellant failed to file to file a brief and on June 19, 2014, this Court abated the appeal and ordered the trial court to determine whether appellant desired to prosecute this appeal. The trial court held a hearing on July 2, 2014. Counsel for appellant appeared, but appellant did not appear. The trial court found that counsel’s contact information for appellant is no longer current and that appellant has not attempted to call or contact his attorney by any means since February 27, 2014. The trial court found that appellant does not desire to prosecute this appeal. Accordingly, this appeal is REINSTATED. Based upon the recommendation of the trial court that appellant does not desire to prosecute the appeal, we conclude that good cause exists to suspend the operation of Rule 42.2(a) in this case. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2. Accordingly, we DISMISS the appeal. PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 7th day of August, 2014. 2