                                       In The

                                Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-18-00023-CR
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                      RICKIE WAYNE SELBY, Appellant

                                         V.

                       THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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               On Appeal from the 253rd District Court
                       Liberty County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. CR25185
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Rickie Wayne Selby appealed his conviction for aggravated sexual assault of

a child, which was adjudicated after revocation of his deferred adjudication

community supervision. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.021(a)(2)(B). Before we

issued an opinion, the State filed a notice of Selby’s death. The notice received from

the Liberty County District Attorney indicates that Selby’s appellate counsel has

been informed of Selby’s death. Because Selby’s death occurred after he perfected
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the appeal and before we issued an opinion or mandate, we must permanently abate

this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.1(a)(2). Accordingly, we permanently abate the

appeal.

      APPEAL PERMANENTLY ABATED.


                                                  PER CURIAM

Submitted on June 27, 2019
Opinion Delivered December 11, 2019
Do Not Publish

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.




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