WELDON BRIDGES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-546-13 WELDON BRIDGES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW ON THE COURT S OWN MOTION FROM THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS ANGELINA COUNTY M EYERS, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. OPINION Appellant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He filed a postconviction motion for DNA testing, which the trial court denied. The Court of Appeals dismissed Appellant s appeal due to his failure to timely file an appellate brief. Bridges v. State, No. 06-12-00109-CR, 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 3211 (Tex. App. Texarkana March 27, Bridges Page 2 2013) (not designated for publication). On September 11, 2013, we granted review on our motion of the following question: Does Rule 38.8(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure prevent an appellate court from dismissing a pro se criminal appellant s appeal due to the failure to timely file a brief? The parties subsequently filed a joint motion to render judgment on October 16, 2013. In this motion, the parties state that they are in agreement that, under Rule 38.8(b), Appellant s failure to timely file a brief did not authorize the Court of Appeals to dismiss the appeal. See Schindley v. State, No. PD-0437-09, 2009 Tex. Crim. App. Unpub. LEXIS 344 (Tex. Crim. App. May 6, 2009) (not designated for publication). Because of the agreement of the parties, we shall not decide the issue on which we granted review. Therefore, we vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand this case to that court for proceedings consistent with this opinion. Delivered: November 20, 2013 Do Not Publish
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