Summary
This document is a mandate issued by the Texas Twelfth Court of Appeals in James Patrick Capps v. State. It reflects the court’s order granting the appellant’s motion to dismiss the criminal appeal and dismissing the appeal.
Court
Court of Appeals for the Twelfth District of Texas
Jurisdiction
Texas
Decision date
April 7, 2015
Docket number
No. 12-14-00339-CR
Procedural posture
Appellant moved to dismiss his criminal appeal, and the Court of Appeals granted the motion and dismissed the appeal.
Precedential value
Published status is identified in the supplied metadata, but the source text is a per curiam dismissal mandate and contains no reporter citation or substantive legal analysis.
Parties
James Patrick Capps v. The State of Texas
Disposition
dismissed
Topics
appellate procedurecriminal procedure
Practice areas
criminal procedureappellate procedure
Questions Presented
- Whether the appellant's motion to dismiss the appeal should be granted.
Key quotations
“THIS CAUSE came on to be heard on the motion of the Appellant to dismiss the appeal herein, and the same being considered, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED by this Court that the motion to dismiss be granted and the appeal be dismissed, and that the decision be certified to the court below for observance.”
Factual background
The source contains no substantive facts concerning the underlying criminal case. The material procedural fact is that James Patrick Capps, the appellant, moved to dismiss his appeal.
Procedural history
The appeal arose from the 420th District Court of Nacogdoches County, Texas, trial court cause number F1421321. On February 18, 2015, the Court of Appeals granted appellant's motion to dismiss the appeal. The mandate issued on April 7, 2015.
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