Ex Parte Martez Travon Vrana ( 2020 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-20-00122-CR
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Ex parte Martez Travon Vrana
On Appeal from the 78th District Court
Wichita County, Texas
Trial Court No. DC78-CV2020-1599
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Womack and Wallach, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an appeal from the trial court’s August 18, 2020 denial of Appellant
Martez Travon Vrana’s pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus seeking bail
reduction related to an aggravated robbery charge. On August 26, 2020, Vrana filed
his notice of appeal. On September 21, 2020, Vrana and the State filed a “Joint
Motion to Dismiss Appeal” in this court. In the motion, the parties agree that on
September 16, 2020, a grand jury declined to return an indictment for aggravated
robbery, that a magistrate dismissed the aggravated robbery charge, and that Vrana is
no longer being confined on that charge.
The longstanding rule in Texas regarding habeas corpus is that “where the
premise of a habeas corpus application is destroyed by subsequent developments, the
legal issues raised thereunder are moot.” Ex parte Guerrero, 99 S.W.3d 852, 853 (Tex.
App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2003, no pet.) (per curiam) (citations omitted); see also Ex
parte Cook, No. 02-19-00286-CR, 2019 WL 6335417, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth
Nov. 27, 2019, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication). Accordingly, we
grant the parties’ motion, and we dismiss Vrana’s appeal as moot.
/s/ Dana Womack
Dana Womack
Justice
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Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
Delivered: October 1, 2020
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