Opinion
No. 06-07-00158-CR
Date Submitted: June 17, 2008.
Date Decided: June 18, 2008. DO NOT PUBLISH.
On Appeal from the 159th Judicial District Court Angelina County, Texas, Trial Court No. CR-26520.
Before MORRISS, C.J., CARTER and MOSELEY, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Gerald Edwin Williams, Sr., was convicted September 11, 2007, by the trial court of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently. We affirmed the trial court's conviction and sentence in an opinion issued June 10, 2008. Our mandate has not yet issued. This Court has now been informed that Williams has died. The death of an appellant during the pendency of his or her appeal deprives this Court of jurisdiction. Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2); Whitmire v. State, 943 S.W.2d 894 (Tex.Crim.App. 1997); Rheinlander v. State, 918 S.W.2d 527, 528 (Tex.Crim.App. 1996). Accordingly, we withdraw our opinion and permanently abate this appeal. See Ryan v. State, 891 S.W.2d 275 (Tex.Crim.App. 1994).