TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
NO. 06-819-K26, HONORABLE BILLY RAY STUBBLEFIELD, JUDGE PRESIDING
Appellant's brief was due November 5, 2007. Appellant's retained attorney, David Aaron Pina, did not respond to the Court's notice that the brief is overdue.
The appeal is abated. The trial court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether appellant desires to prosecute this appeal, whether appellant is indigent, and, if he is not indigent, whether retained counsel has abandoned the appeal. Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2). The court shall make appropriate findings and recommendations. A record from this hearing, including copies of all findings and orders and a transcription of the court reporter's notes, shall be forwarded to the clerk of the Court for filing as a supplemental record no later than February 29, 2008. Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(3).
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W. Kenneth Law, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Law, Justices Pemberton and Waldrop
Abated
Filed: January 29, 2008
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