Ex Parte: Hector MacIas

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § No. 08-15-00013-CR § EX PARTE: HECTOR MACIAS Appeal from § County Criminal Court No. 4 § of El Paso County, Texas § (TC # 20110C03140) § OPINION The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that “[o]nce the record has been filed in the appellate court, all further proceedings in the trial court--except as provided otherwise by law or by these rules--will be suspended until the trial court receives the appellate-court mandate. [Emphasis added]. TEX.R.APP.P. 25.2(g). This appeal arises from the rather unusual circumstance of a…