COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-11-00564-CR
NO. 02-11-00565-CR
EX PARTE CHRISTOPHER
GILLETTE
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FROM THE 362ND DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Appellant Christopher Gillette attempts to appeal from the trial court’s
orders denying his requested bail reduction and habeas corpus relief. On
December 21, 2011, we notified the parties in writing that we had not received
the trial court’s certifications of Appellant’s right of appeal in these two cases and
stated that these appeals would be dismissed if we did not receive those
certifications.2 But on February 29, 2012, Appellant filed a pro se motion to
1
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
2
See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d).
dismiss these appeals, and his retained counsel filed a motion to withdraw as
attorney of record on that same date. We have received no response to those
motions, nor have we received the trial court’s certifications of Appellant’s right of
appeal in these cases.
Accordingly, we hold that under the unique facts of these cases,
Appellant’s motion to dismiss these appeals substantially complies with rule
42.2(a) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.3 We therefore grant
Appellant’s motion to dismiss these appeals, and we dismiss these appeals.
Retained counsel’s motion to withdraw as attorney of record in each case,
however, is denied.4
PER CURIAM
PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: May 3, 2012
3
See Tex. R. App. P. 42.2(a).
4
See Tex. R. App. P. 48.4.
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