Opinion
No. 06-08-00144-CR
Date Submitted: December 30, 2008.
Date Decided: December 31, 2008. DO NOT PUBLISH.
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3, Collin County, Texas, Trial Court No. 003-81833-08.
Before MORRISS, C.J., CARTER and MOSELEY, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Carlos B. Valenzuela has appealed from a speeding ticket. In the absence of a record, it appears from our review of the appellate docketing statement that he chose to act pro se at trial and remains pro se on appeal. The appellate docketing statement also indicates that the judgment was signed May 8, 2008, and that Valenzuela filed his notice of appeal June 5, 2008. According to the information available to this Court, the record was due to be filed by September 5, 2008. On September 29, 2008, this Court sent Valenzuela a letter explaining to him that, as a nonindigent, he was responsible for obtaining and paying for the preparation of the appellate record and that it was past due. We then warned him that, if we did not receive information showing that he was making a tangible and substantial effort to prosecute the appeal by showing a reasonable attempt to obtain the clerk's and reporter's records within ten days, we would conclude that he no longer wished to pursue the appeal and that it would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution. See Rodriguez v. State, 970 S.W.2d 133 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 1998, pet. ref'd); see also Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). His response was due by October 9, 2008. The matter has now been referred to the Court. To date, this Court has received no further communication from Valenzuela, and no portion of the record has been filed. Over sixty days has elapsed. We find no evidence of any tangible effort by Valenzuela, or on his behalf, to pursue his appeal in the face of appropriate warnings. For that reason, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.
This appeal was transferred to this Court from the Dallas Court of Appeals as part of the docket equalization procedure instituted by the Texas Supreme Court.