Jarvis Marquis Tillman v. The State of Texas Appeal from 185th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Opinion issued October 15, 2019 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-19-00099-CR ——————————— JARVIS MARQUIS TILLMAN, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 185th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 1580017 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant, Jarvis Marquis Tillman, has filed three pro se letter-motions to dismiss, stating that he would like to dismiss his appeal upon receipt of this letter and to expedite the mandate. The Court construes the letter-motions filed by appellant as a motion to dismiss his appeal and to expedite the mandate. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a), 18.1(c). Ten days have passed with no response. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.3(a). No opinion has issued. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a). Although appellant’s motion to dismiss is only signed by the pro se appellant and does not contain a certificate of service or conference, it was filed after appellant’s appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw with an Anders brief, both of which contain counsel’s signature, and after the State filed a waiver of its right to respond to the Anders brief. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Thus, construing the various motions together with the State’s waiver, we conclude that good cause exists to suspend the operation of Rules 10.1, 18.1(a), and 42.2(a) in this appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2, 10.1(a), 18.1(a), 42.2(a); see also Selph v. State, No. 01-16-00776-CR, 2017 WL 2375788, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 1, 2017, no pet.). Accordingly, we grant appellant’s motion and dismiss this appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.2(a), 43.2(f). Further, because the motion to expedite demonstrates good cause to expedite issuance of the mandate, we grant the motion and direct the clerk of this Court to issue the mandate immediately. See TEX. R. APP. P. 18.1(c). We dismiss any other pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Keyes and Lloyd. 2 Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). 3
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