Opinion
05-21-00444-CR 05-21-00456-CR05-21-00457-CR 05-21-00458-CR 05-21-00459-CR
03-23-2022
SEAN KRENZER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 366th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 366-84208-2018, 366-84209-2018, 366-84210-2018, 366-84211-2018 & 366-84212-2018
ORDER
BILL PEDERSEN, III JUSTICE
Appellant's brief was initially due on October 27, 2021. The Court granted four extensions of time, making the brief due on March 14, 2022. To date, no brief has been filed, and appellant has not communicated with us about these appeals.
We ORDER the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine why appellant's brief has not been filed. The trial court shall make appropriate findings and recommendations and determine whether appellant desires to prosecute these appeals, whether appellant has abandoned the appeals, or whether counsel has abandoned the appeals. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b). If the trial court cannot obtain appellant's presence at the hearing, the trial court shall conduct the hearing in appellant's absence. See Meza v. State, 742 S.W.2d 708 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 1987, no pet.) (per curiam). If appellant is indigent, the trial court is ORDERED to take such measures as may be necessary to assure effective representation, which may include appointment of new counsel.
We ORDER the trial court to transmit a record of the proceedings, which shall include written findings and recommendations, to this Court within TWENTY DAYS of the date of this order.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Tom Nowak, Presiding Judge, 366th Judicial District Court, and to counsel for all parties.
These appeals are ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with the above order. The appeals shall be reinstated twenty days from the date of this order or when the Court finds it appropriate to do so.