NO. 07-09 -022 6-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 JAN UA RY

7, 2010

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___ RY AN JOHN KELLE Y, APPELL ANT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 25 1 ST DIS T RI CT COU RT OF RA NDA L L COU NT Y; NO . 202 65- C; H ON ORABLE AN A ES TEVEZ, JU DG E

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____ Before CAMPBE LL a nd HANCOCK an d PIRT LE, JJ. ORDER OF A BA

TEMENT A ND R EMA ND App ellant , Ry an John Kelley , f iled a no tice of app eal f rom h is convi ction for injury to eld erly

byreckles s c o n d u c t a nd se nte nce o f 22 m ont hs incarcera tion in th e Sta te Jail Div ision of

the T exas Departm entof Cri min al Justice an d $7 50 f ine. T he a ppe llate cou rt clerk receiv ed a nd f iled the trial court clerk’s record on Au gu s t 1 7 , 2 0 0 9. T he trial cou rt re por ter ’s record w as re cei v ed and filed on September 15, 2009. Appel lan t mov ed for an extens ion of ti m e t o f ile hi s b ri ef, w hic h w as g ra nted, maki ng appel lan t’ s b ri ef due on o r2

before Novemb er 16, 2 009 . Appe llant f iled a seco nd m otion for e xten sion of

time to f ile br ief, w hic h w as deni ed. On D ecember

2, 2009, thi s C our

t not ified appel lan t t hat h is se cond moti on for extens ion of ti me w as deni ed, t hat h is br ief w as pastdue, and that, if hi s b ri ef w as not fil ed by D ecember

14, 2009, his appeal w oul d be abated and remanded to the tr ial court . As of the dat e of thi s o rd er , app ell ant h as faile d to file his br ief. Acc ordin g ly , w e now

abat e thi s appeal and re mand the cau se to t he tr ial co urt. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 3 8.8( b) (2 ). U pon remand, t he j udg e of the tr ial co urt i s d ire cte d to immedi atel y

ca use noti ce to be g iv en of an d to condu ct a hear ing to deter mine: ( 1) w hether app ellantdesires to pro secut e this ap pea l; (2) if app ellant desires to prosecu te th is appe al, w heth e r a p p e l l a n ti s i n d i g e n ta n d , i f n o ti n d i g e n t , w h e t h e r c o u n s e l fo r

a p p e l l a n th as abandoned the appeal ; ( 3) i f appell ant d esi re s t o prose cu te thi s a ppeal , w hether appel lan t’ s p re sentco u n se l should be repl aced; and ( 4) w hat o rd ers, if any , s houl d be ent ered to assure th e f iling of app ropriate notice s and docu me nta tion to dismiss ap pellan t’s app e a l i f a p p e l l a n t d o e s n o t d e s i r e t o p ro s e c u t e t h i s a p p e a l o r , i f a p p e l l a n t d esi re s t o prose cute this app eal, to assure th at th e ap pea l w ill be d ilig ent ly pursue d. If

the trial court det ermin es tha t the presen t atto rney for ap pellan t shou ld be rep laced , t h e c o u rt should caus e the Cler k of thi s Cour t to be furni shed the name, ad dr ess , and Sta te B ar of Tex as ide nti ficat ion number

of the n ew ly -a ppoi nted or new ly -retai ned at tor ney . T he trial cou rt is directe d to: (1) cond uct an y nece ssaryhea rings; ( 2) ma ke an d f ile appropr iat e findi ng s of fact, conc lus ion s of law , and recommendat ion s and cause them t o3

be i ncl uded i n a s uppl emental cl er k’ s record; ( 3) ca use the h ear ing proceed ing s t o be transc ri bed and i ncl uded i n a s uppl emental repor ter ’s record; (4 ) h a ve a record of the proceed ing s made to the e xtent any of the p ro ceedi ng s a re not incl uded i n the suppl emental cl er k’ s record or the suppl emental reporter ’s record; an d ( 5) ca use the re cords of the proceed ing s t o be sentto thi s C our t. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 38.8( b) (3 ). I n the abse nce o f

a request for extension o f time f rom th e trial court, th e sup plem ent al clerk’s re cord, s uppl emental repor ter ’s record, an d any

addi ti onal proceed ing records, i ncl udi ng any orders, findi ng s, conc lus ion s, a n d r e commendat ion s, ar e to be s ent s o as to be re cei v ed by

the Cl er k o f this C our

t notl ater

than F ebr uar

y 8, 2010.

Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.