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ACCEPTED
01-14-00393-CR
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
7/1/2015 2:13:11 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
NO. 01-14-00393-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FILED IN
1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
LARRY THOMAR DORAL §
7/1/2015 2:13:11 PM
Appellant § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
§ Trial Court Case No.Clerk
1393714
v. § 351 ST District Court
§ Harris County, Texas
STATE OF TEXAS §
Appellee
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MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL
Appellant Larry Thomar Doral, through counsel, moves the Court to permit him
to dismiss his appeal of the above cases for the following reasons:
Mr. Doral does not believe the appeal will be successful and believes the dismissal
is in his best interest so that he can transfer to TCD] in order to receive his state
identification number and prepare for his next parole interview.
This Court abated Mr. Doral's appeal and ordered the trial court to hold hearing
on the issues of whether Mr. Doral wished to pursue his appeal and, if so, whether
appellate counsel had abandoned the appeal. The outcome of that hearing, held March
19, 2015, was the appointment of this office to Mr. Doral's case and the withdrawal of
Arden Morley.
Bob Wicoff, of this office, spoke to Mr. Doral at the hearing and advised him that
his appeal was not viable, due to his plea of true to the state's motion to adjudicate. Mr.
Doral previously had been interviewed by a parole officer in Harris County Jail and had
heard nothing from the Parole Board. He wishes to transfer to TDC] as soon as possible
so he can get his State ID number and prepare for his next parole review.
In view of the above, Mr. Doral asks this Court to dismiss his appeal.
Respectfully submitted,
Alexander Bunin
Chief, Harris County Public Defender's Office
/ s / Melissa Martin
Melissa Martin
Assistant Public Defender
1201 Franklin, 13 th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
713/274-6709; Fax 713/437-4319
Email melissa.martin@pdo.hctx.net
Texas Bar # 24002532
L~1d
Appellant
INMATE'S DECLARATION
I, Larry Thomar Doral, being presently incarcerated in Harris County] ail, declare
under penalty of perjury that, according to my belief, the acts stated in the above and
foregoing motion are true and correct.
Larry
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that I provided a copy of the above motion to the Harris County
District Attorney's office by electronic delivery on 1/1/6 , 2015.
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Melissa Martin