Carol Johnene Morris v. State of Texas

Opinion filed August 31, 2010

 

                                                                       In The

                                                                             

  Eleventh Court of Appeals

                                                                   __________

 

                                                         No. 11-10-00161-CR

                                                    __________

 

                            CAROL JOHNENE MORRIS, Appellant

 

                                                             V.

 

                                      STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

                                   On Appeal from the 441st District Court

 

                                                          Midland County, Texas

 

                                                   Trial Court Cause No. CR36894

 

 

                                            M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

            Carol Johnene Morris appeals from the denial of a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus.  Morris filed an application for writ of habeas corpus seeking dismissal of the reindictment in this cause charging her with a theft offense.  The trial court denied Morris’s application, and she timely filed a notice of appeal.  We dismiss.[1]

Subsequent to the filing of this appeal, Morris was tried and convicted in this cause. Because she has already been convicted of the underlying offense and is no longer subject to pretrial confinement, Morris’s appeal of the denial of her pretrial application is moot.  Martinez v. State, 826 S.W.2d 620 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992).  Morris’s remedy now lies by way of appeal of her conviction. 

            This appeal is dismissed as moot.

 

 

                                                                                                PER CURIAM

 

August 31, 2010

Do not publish.  See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Strange, J.



[1]On this same day in Cause No. 11-10-00162-CR, we have affirmed the trial court’s order denying Morris’s pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus stemming from a separate indictment for theft in Trial Court Cause No. CR37161.