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Date: 11-23-2022
Case Style:
Jennifer Ami Reno v. The State of Texas
Case Number: 01-21-00478-CR
Judge:
PER CURIAM
PPanel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Countiss and Farris.
Court:
First Court of Appeals Houston, Texas
On appeal from the 208th District Court of Harris County
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Description:
Houston, Texas – Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a forgery of a governmental financial instrument charge.
On August 25, 2021, the trial court sentenced appellant, Jennifer Ami Reno,
to 2 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
for the third-degree felony offense of forgery of a governmental financial instrument.
On August 30, 2021, appellant filed a notice of appeal. On September 24, 2021,
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appellant timely filed a motion for new trial. The clerk’s record contains an order
showing that the trial court granted appellant’s motion for new trial. The granting
of a motion for new trial restores the case to its position before the former trial. See
TEX. R. APP P. 21.9(b). The appeal was rendered moot by the order granting a new
trial. See id.
PER CURIAM
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot and for lack of jurisdiction.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Outcome: Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot and for lack of jurisdiction.
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