Opinion
13-23-00384-CR
03-07-2024
ALEX ROJAS, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
Do not publish. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
On appeal from the 23rd District Court of Matagorda County, Texas.
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Peña
ORDER OF ABATEMENT
PER CURIAM
This cause is before the Court on the trial court reporter's failure to file a reporter's record. The reporter's record in this matter was originally due on December 8, 2023. After numerous unanswered notices regarding the late reporter's record, we ordered the court reporter, Jennifer Hall, to file the reporter's record on or before February 20, 2024.
The Court is of the opinion that, in the interest of justice, an order should be entered. Accordingly, reporter, Jennifer Hall, is hereby again ordered to file the reporter's record in this Court no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 18, 2024. Failure of the reporter to file the record by the date and time herein set forth will result in the issuance of an order to show cause.
Furthermore, the Court abates and remands this cause to the trial court. The trial court shall determine what, if any, 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, if any, and cause them to be included in a supplemental clerk's record which should be submitted to the Clerk of this Court within ten days of this order.