












 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                         In
The
                                                Court
of Appeals
                        Sixth
Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
 
                                                ______________________________
 
                                                             No. 06-10-00182-CR
                                                ______________________________
 
 
                                         WILLIAM SCOTT,
Appellant
 
                                                                V.
 
                                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
 
 
                                                                                                  

 
 
                                       On Appeal from the 217th
Judicial District Court
                                                           Angelina County, Texas
                                                         Trial Court
No. CR-27774
 
                                                    
                                              
 
 
 
                                          Before Morriss, C.J.,
Carter and Moseley, JJ.
                                        Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss




                                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
            William
Scott was adjudicated guilty in Angelina County[1]
of indecency with a child and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.  Scott filed his notice of appeal September 3,
2010.
            This
Court has now been informed that Scott 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 permanently abate this appeal.
 
 
 
 
                                                                        Josh
R. Morriss, III
                                                                        Chief
Justice
 
Date Submitted:          April
7, 2011
Date Decided:             April
8, 2011
 
Do Not Publish           
            
 
 
 
 




[1]This
case was transferred to this Court from the Tyler Court of Appeals as part of
the Texas Supreme Court’s docket equalization program.  Tex.
Gov’t Code Ann. § 73.001 (Vernon 2005). 
We are not aware of any conflict between the precedent of the Tyler Court
and the precedent of this Court on any issue relevant in this appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 41.3. 


