NUMBERS 13-14-00676-CR AND 13-14-00681-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
DEBORAH ALFORD, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 94th District Court
of Nueces County, Texas.
ORDER ABATING APPEAL
Before Justices Garza, Benavides, and Perkes
Order Per Curiam
These causes are before the Court on appellant's motion to consolidate cause
numbers 13-14-00676-CR and 13-14-00681-CR, and to restate briefing deadlines. On
February 5, 2015, this Court improvidently granted appellant’s motion to consolidate
these cause numbers. The motions to consolidate are hereby denied.
Cause number 13-14-00676-CR: appellant’s motion to restate briefing deadlines
is granted. The record in cause number 13-14-00676 is complete and the briefing
schedule has begun. Appellant is ORDERED to file the appellate brief with this Court on
or before 30 days from the date of this order.
Cause number 13-14-00681-CR: a reporter’s record was filed on December 22,
2014. Appellant has advised this Court that the appellate record is not complete
because the record does not include the hearing for the original guilty plea taken by
reporter Cynthia Motal. Motal has retired and this Court has been unable to reach her.
This situation requires us to effectuate our responsibility to avoid further delay and to
preserve the parties’ rights. See id. R. 37.3(a)(1). Accordingly, cause number 13-14-
00681-CR is ABATED and the cause REMANDED to the trial court.
Upon remand, the judge of the trial court shall immediately cause notice to be given
and conduct a hearing to determine if the reporter’s record, or any part thereof, has been
lost or destroyed, and shall make appropriate findings under Tex. R. App. P. 34.6(f), if
necessary. Otherwise, the court shall determine what steps are necessary to ensure the
prompt preparation of a reporter's record, and shall enter any orders required to avoid
further delay and to preserve the parties’ rights.
The trial court shall prepare and file its findings and orders and cause them to be
included in a supplemental clerk's record which should be submitted to the Clerk of this
Court within thirty days from the date of this order. Appellant's motion to restate briefing
deadlines is CARRIED WITH THE CASE.
PER CURIAM
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Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
5th day of March, 2015.
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