Walter Knapp v. T. L. Baker, Sheriff of Potter County, Texas and W. J. Estelle, Jr., Etc.

This case involves an appeal from the federal district court’s order granting a writ of habeas corpus from a Texas state conviction. We heard oral argument on the appeal and the matter was submitted for our decision. However, petitioner Walter Knapp died on December 20, 1974. This case is therefore moot. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment and remand to the district court with direction to dismiss the case as moot so that it will spawn no legal consequences. Gornto v. MacDougall, 5 Cir., 1973, 482 F.2d 361 (appeal from judgment denying habeas corpus relief from a state court sentence); Hann…