Michael Manyuon v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-25-00084-CR

MICHAEL MANYUON, APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

On Appeal from the 320th District Court
Potter County, Texas
Trial Court No. 075405-D-CR, Honorable Steven Denny, Presiding

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

Michael Manyuon,1 Appellant, appeals the imposition of attorney’s fees resulting

from his conviction for driving while intoxicated with two prior convictions for driving while

intoxicated.2 We abated the appeal on March 28, 2025, and reinstated it on April 30,

2025. While the appeal was abated, on April 2, 2025, the trial court entered a nunc pro

1 Appellant’s name also appears in the record as “Michael Manyoun.”

2 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 49.04; 49.09(b).
tunc judgment, which this Court received in a supplemental clerk’s record. Attached to

the nunc pro tunc judgment is a revised Bill of Cost indicating that Appellant has no

balance due for attorney’s fees or for any other fee. Specifically, the $500.00 charge for

“Attorney’s fees 1/2020,” which forms the basis of Appellant’s appeal, reflects a balance

of $0.

An appeal becomes moot when an appellate court’s judgment can no longer have

an effect on an existing controversy or affect the parties’ rights. Jack v. State, 149 S.W.3d

119, 123 n.10 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004). Because the trial court’s nunc pro tunc judgment

corrected the error about which Appellant complains on appeal, namely the assessment

of attorney’s fees, we dismiss his appeal as moot. See TEX. R. APP. P. 43.2(f).

Judy C. Parker
Justice

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