TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-15-00581-CR
Ex parte Saul De Paz
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. C2015-1149X, THE HONORABLE JACK H. ROBISON, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
This is an appeal of the trial court’s denial of an application for writ of habeas corpus
seeking a pretrial bond reduction. Appellant’s brief was due November 5, 2015. The brief has not
been received and appellant’s court-appointed attorney, Cathy S. Compton, did not respond to this
Court’s notice that the brief is overdue.
The appeal is abated and remanded to the trial court. The trial court shall conduct a
hearing to determine whether appellant desires to prosecute this appeal and, if so, whether counsel
has abandoned this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2), (3). The court shall make appropriate
written findings and recommendations. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2), (3). If necessary, the court
shall appoint substitute counsel who will effectively represent appellant in this appeal. Following
the hearing, which shall be transcribed, the trial court shall order the appropriate supplemental
clerk’s and reporter’s records—including all findings and orders—to be prepared and forwarded to
this Court no later than December 31, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(3).
It is so ordered on this the 11th day of December, 2015.
Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Bourland
Abated and Remanded
Filed:
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