Opinion
No. 05-18-01121-CR No. 05-18-01122-CR
07-24-2019
OSCAR PEREACRUZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 282nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F18-00276-S & F18-00275-S
ORDER
Before the Court are appellant's July 22, 2019 third motions for extension of time to file appellant's brief. The motions are DENIED.
We ORDER the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine why appellant's brief has not been filed. In this regard, the trial court shall make appropriate findings and recommendations and determine whether appellant desires to prosecute the appeals, whether appellant is indigent, or if not indigent, whether retained 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 THIRTY DAYS of the date of this order.
These appeals are ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with the above order. The appeals shall be reinstated when the findings are received or at such other time as the Court deems appropriate.
/s/ BILL PEDERSEN, III
JUSTICE