NO. 07-09 -012 5-CR IN THE CO UR T OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL A AU GU ST 11, 2009

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___ JULIAN EDW ARD PERALE S, APP ELL ANT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 18 1 ST DIS T RI CT COU RT OF P OT T ER COU NT Y; NO . 50, 635- B; H ON ORABLE JOH N B. B OAR D, JU DG E

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____ Bef ore CAMPBE LL a nd HANCOCK an d PIRT LE, JJ. A BA TEMENT A ND R EMA ND Fol low ing a ple a of g uil ty , Appel lan t, Jul ian Edw ard Perale s, w as g ra nted deferred adj udi cat ion for a g g ra v ated ass aul t w it h a d eadl y w eap o n and pla ced on c ommunit y super v is ion for e ig ht y ears. W hil e on communi ty su per v is ion , Appell ant a ll eg edl y v iol ated the t er ms and co ndi ti ons thereof p ro m p ti n g t he St ate t o proceed w it h a mot ion toT he r epor t er ’ s r ecor d was f i l ed o n Jul y 31, 200 9. 1 2 adju dicate g uilt. App ellantplead not true . Af ter hea ring evide n c e , t h e trial court adju dicate d App ellantg uilty of t he charged of

fense a nd assesse d pun ishm enta t ten y ears confine ment. The Tr

ial C our t’ s C er ti ficat ion of Def

endant’ s Righ t of

Appeal f iled in this Cou rton A pr il 24, 2009, re flect s t h a t Ap pel lan t doe s h av e the r ig ht of appea l. Ap pel lan t ti mely per fected t his appeal f ro m the tr ial court ’s judg ment. Hav ing fil ed a moti on for new trial, t he ap pe l l at e r ec ord w as du e on J ul y 22 , 20 09

. Pe nd i ng be fore th i s C ou rt is a 1 re q uest for an extens ion of t ime filed by the Pott er Cou nty Di str ic t Cl er k in w hic h to fil e the cler k’s record. As a g ro und for the e xtens ion , t he c ler k a v ers t hat c ounse l has not b een appoi nted to repr esentAppel lan t i n thi s a ppeal

. The tr ial co urt c ler k i s respon si ble for p re p a ri ng , c erti fyi ng , and ti mely fil ing the cl er k’ s record i f: (1) a no ti ce of appeal has been filed , and i n c ri minal proceed ing s, the t ri al cour t has ce rt ified the defendant’ s ri g ht of appeal; and, (2 ) the party respo nsi ble for p ay ing for the p repa ration o f

the clerk’s record ha s paid th e clerk’s fe e, ha s mad e satisf acto ry ar ra ng ements w it h the cl er k t o paythe fee, or is enti tl ed to appeal w it hout pay ing the fee. See Tex . R . Ap p. P. 35.3 (a)

. W hil e the bill of costs attached to the judg ment reflect s t hat App ellantw as represe nte d by court appo inted coun sel at the trial court lev el, the af f idavit attac hed t o Appe ll ant’ s mot ion for new tr ial ind ic ates that Appel lan t re tai ned his appel lat e couns el. F ro m the li mite d record before us , w e ar e unabl e to deter mine w hether Appel lan t has sa tisf ied th e seco nd requirem entof Rule 3 5

. 3 (a ). Although th e ba sis of the clerk’sT he d ut y of t he t r i al cour t cl er k t o pr epar e, cer t i f y and t i m el y f i l e t he cl er k ’ s r ecor d do es no t dep end 2 on whet her or not an appel l ant i s r epr esent ed b y coun sel - r et ai ned, app oi nt ed, or ot her wi se. 3 request for an extensio n of t im e d o e s n ot sta te an ade quate ground for relief , w e w ill 2 inte r prett he s am e as req ue s ti ng a n exte ns i on b as ed u po n th e fai l ure of A pp el l an t’s appel lat e c ounse l to make adeq uate financi al ar ra ng ements for the p ay ment or w aiv er of the clerk’s fee, and w e w ill grant thatrequest in accorda nce wi th th e followi ng orders. Therefor e, w e abat e thi s a ppeal and re mand the ca use to t he tr ial co urt for further pro ce e d ing s. U pon remand, t he tr ial co urt s hal l uti li z e w hatev er means nec ess ar

y to deter mine the fol low ing : 1. w hether

Appel lan t des ires to prosec ute t his appeal ; and 2. w het herA ppe llant ha s paid th e clerk’s fe e, m ade satisfacto ry ar ra ng ements for t he pay ment of t h e c lerk ’s fee, or

i s e nti tl ed to appeal w it hout pay ing the fee. On or b e fo re Au gus t 2 1 , 2 0 0 9 , t h e tri a l co u rt sh a ll e n te r an ord e r co n ta in in g f in d in gs of factand conc lus ion s of law addres si ng those is sues . In ad dit ion , upo n the fil ing of that order , t he tr ial courtshall cause a copy thereof to be maile d to thi s cour t. Shoul d the tr ial court de term ine th at App ellantd oes w antt o cont inue t he app eal, the t rial cou rt shall take suc h ac ti on as i s n eces sar y to ensure tha t t he c ler k’ s record i n t h is ca u se is fil ed on or before A ug ust31, 2009. In t he ev ent t he c ler k’ s record i s n ot fil ed by thatdate , t he tr ial co urt i s d irect ed to immedi atel y

ca use noti ce of a hear ing to be g iv en and, thereafter, co nducta h e a ring to4

det ermin e the statu s of the reco rd. On or b efore Se pte mb er 14, 2 009 , the trial court shall enter an o rd er co ntai nin g findi ng s o f f actand conc lus ion s of law address ing thati ss ue. In addi ti on, u pon t he fil ing of that order , the tri al cour t shal l caus e a copy

thereof to be mail ed to t his C our

t. It is so order ed. Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.