NUMBER 13-15-00429-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
JENNIFER LYNN MORRIS, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 36th District Court
of Aransas County, Texas.
ORDER OF ABATEMENT
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Perkes
Order Per Curiam
The Honorable Robert Flynn, counsel for appellant, Jennifer Lynn Morris, has filed
a motion to withdraw as counsel in this cause. According to the motion, counsel was
appointed to represent appellant in the trial court but was not appointed to file a notice of
appeal in this cause or represent her on appeal. Because appellant’s trial counsel has
indicated that he was not appointed for appeal and the record fails to indicate whether
appellant is entitled to appointed counsel on appeal, we ABATE and REMAND this cause
as follows.
Upon remand, the trial court shall utilize whatever means necessary to make
appropriate findings and recommendations concerning the following: (1) whether
appellant desires to prosecute this appeal; (2) whether appellant has been denied
effective assistance of counsel; and (3) whether appellant is indigent and entitled to
court-appointed counsel.
If the trial court determines that appellant does want to continue the appeal and
that appellant is indigent and entitled to court-appointed counsel, the trial court shall
appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal. If new counsel is appointed,
the name, address, telephone number, and state bar number of said counsel shall be
included in an order appointing counsel.
The trial court shall cause its findings and recommendations, together with any
orders it may enter regarding the aforementioned issues, to be included in a supplemental
clerk's record. Furthermore, the trial court shall cause a supplemental reporter's record
of any proceedings to be prepared. The supplemental clerk's record and supplemental
reporter's record, if any, shall be filed with the Clerk of this Court on or before the
expiration of thirty days from the date of this order.
It is so ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
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Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
3rd day of December, 2015.
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