COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-17-00046-CR
NO. 02-17-00047-CR
JOSHUA ERIC TOWNLEY APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 43RD DISTRICT COURT OF PARKER COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NOS. CR16-0114, CR16-0115
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Appellant Joshua Eric Townley timely filed a motion for new trial and a
notice of appeal from two judgments convicting him of sexual assault of a child.
See Tex. R. App. P. 21.4(a), 26.2(a)(2). The trial court subsequently timely
granted Townley’s motion for new trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 21.8(a). The
granting of a motion for new trial restores the case to its position before the
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
former trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 21.9(b). Accordingly, on our own motion, we
dismiss these appeals as moot.
PER CURIAM
PANEL: MEIER, GABRIEL, and SUDDERTH, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: March 9, 2017
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