Francis Antony Sparks v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00377-CR

FRANCIS ANTONY SPARKS, APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1745093, Honorable Steve Jumes, Presiding

April 11, 2025
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Appellant, Francis Antony Sparks, appeals his conviction for murder1 and sentence

to twenty-five years of confinement.2 Pending before this Court is Appellant’s motion

seeking to voluntarily dismiss the appeal. As required by Rule of Appellate Procedure

42.2(a), the motion to dismiss is signed by both Appellant and his attorney. As no decision

1 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.02(c).

2 Originally appealed to the Second Court of Appeals, this appeal was transferred to this Court by

the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001.
of the Court has been delivered, the motion is granted and the appeal is dismissed. No

motion for rehearing will be entertained and our mandate will issue forthwith.

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

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