Opinion
05-22-00345-CR
11-09-2022
DEMEATRICE RENEE SHEPPARD, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 397th Judicial District Court Grayson County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 071988
ORDER
DENNISE GARCIA, JUSTICE
Before the Court is appellant's November 7, 2022 amended third motion for extension of time to file appellant's brief. We DENY the motion.
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 the appeal, whether appellant is indigent, or if not indigent, whether retained counsel has abandoned the appeal. 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.
This appeal is 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.