NO. 07-07 -015 8-CR IN THE CO URT OF APPEA LS FO R THE S EVEN TH D ISTRI CT O F TEXAS

AT AM AR ILLO PAN EL D OC TOBER5, 2007

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___ SHEA F. RAYMOND , APPE LLA NT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE COU NT Y COUR T AT LAW NO. ONE OF L UB BO CKCOU NT Y; NO . 200 5- 496,325 ; H ON ORABLE LAR RY B. “R US TY” LAD D, JU DG E

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRT LE, JJ. A BA TEMENT A ND R EMA ND Follow ing a plea of not guilty , App ellant , She a F. Raymond , w as convicted by a jury of dri v ing whil e i ntox ic ated. Pu nis hment was ass ess ed at180 day s c onfinement and a $2,000 fine, sus pended in fav or of ei g hteen months communi ty super v is ion . A p pel lan t ti mely per fected t his appeal

.Al l re ferenc es to t he R ule s h erein are re ferenc es to the Tex as Rul es of Appel lat e 1 Procedu re . 2 Fai lure of Appel lan t t o F il e Br ief The cl er k’ s record w as filed on M ay 31, 2007. On June 20, 2 007, thi s C our t di re cte d Appel lan t’ s couns el to cer ti fy in w ri ti ng , on or

before J uly

10, 2007, that he had compl ied w it h R u l e 3 4

. 6 ( b ) ( d e s i g n a t i o n o f re c o rd a n d re q u e s t fo r p re p a ra t i o n ) a n d R u le 35.3( b) (paymen t of

reporte r’s fee ). Counsel w as f urthe r ad v ised tha t failure to co mp ly w ith this 1 order woul d resul t in the deadli ne for Appell ant’ s bri ef being se t. N o respon se hav ing been re cei v ed, o n J uly

20, 2007, thi s C our

t dee med the re por

ter ’s record as hav ing been filed , thereby maki ng Appel lan t’ s b ri ef due on A ug ust 20, 2007. Appel lan t di d notfil e a b ri ef, and on Se pte mb er 10, 2 007 , App ellantw as no tif ied of the de f iciency an d advised tha t unle ss the bri ef or

an appropr iat e resp onse w as rec eiv ed on or before September

20, 2007, the appeal w as subj ectto bei ng abat ed and the c ause re manded. Appel lan t di d notrespon d a n d th e bri e f

rem a in s o u ts ta n d in g. Mo ti on to W it hdraw On Au gust 7, 2007 , App ellant ’s retain ed counse l f iled a Motion to W ithdra w in w hich he represent ed th at, despi te d ili gen t a ttempt s, Appel lan t fail ed to remain in cont actw it h him and also failed to make arrangeme nts to pay for the app ellate record. Coun sel’s moti on wa s g ra nted by thi s C our

t pursuantto Rul e 6.5 of the Tex as Rul es of Appel lat e3

Procedu re ; howev er , atthatti me no a rra n gem ents w ere made for the subs ti tuti on of couns el. Fai lure to Fi le Appel lan t’ s B ri ef Does N ot A uthor iz e D i s mi s s a l o r

C o n s i d e ra t i o n W i t h o u tB r i e fs Notwi thsta ndi n g App ellant ’s appa rent disregard for the m erits of his appe al, Rule 38 .8 ( b) ( 1)p rov i de s t ha t an a pp el l an t’ s fai l ure to fi l e a br i ef d oe s n ot auth or iz e ei ther dism issal of

the ap pea l or con siderat ion of t he app eal w ithou t briefs, unle ss the trial court has found eit her (1 ) that the appel lan t no lon g er desi re s to prosec ute the a ppeal , or ( 2) that t h e a p p e l l a n ti s no ti n d i g e n tbu tha s no tm a d e t h e n e c e s s a r y a r ra n g e me n t s fo r

fi l i n g a b r i e f. Therefore, we abat e t h is appeal and re mand the ca use to t he tr ial co urt for further p ro c e e d in gs p u rs u a n tt o Ru le 3 8

. 8 (b ) ( 4 )

. U p o n re m a n d , t h e t ri a l c o u rtsh a ll u t il ize w hatev er

means nec ess ar

y to deter mine the fol low ing : 1. w het her Ap pellan t desires to prosecu te th e ap pea l; 2. w hether Appel lan t i s i ndi g ent a nd ent it led to appoi nted couns el; and 3. w het her Ap pellan t is not indigentbut ha s not m ade the ne ces s ary a r ra n g e me n t s fo r

fi l i n g a b r i e f. On rem an d, i f Ap pe l l an t fai l s t o ap pe ar for a h ea r i ng a fte r

b ei ng n ot i fi ed o f t he d at e, t i me and pl ace o f heari ng , t he tr ial co urt i s a uthor iz ed to presume that Appel lan t ( 1) does not desire to prosecu te th is appe al, (2) is not indigent and not ent itled to app ointe d cou nsel; and, (3 ) that Appel lan t has not made neces sar y ar ra ng ements for fili ng a br ief. Not ic e of4

t h a th e a ri n g s h a ll b e m a d e t o t h e A p p e ll a n ti n p e rs o n o r b y m a il t o A p p e ll a n t ’s la s tkn o wn add ress by bot h certif ied an d regular mail. F o r purpose s of this notice Appe llant’s last k n o w n ad dress is presum ed to be the last known address co nta ined in Appe llant’s couns el’ s M oti on to W it hdraw , t o- w it : 4317 53 Street, Apt. A, Lubboc k, Tex as 79413. rd Shoul d i t be deter mined that Appel lan t does w ant to prosec ute thi s appeal and t he cour t det er mines that he is ind ig ent and enti tl ed to ap poi nted couns el or has retai ned new c o u n s e l, t h e n a m e , a d d re s s , t e le p h o n e n u m b e r, a n d s t a t e b a r n u m b e r o f t h e n e wlyappoi nted or

new ly-retai ned c ounse l shal l be prov ide d to the C ler k o f this C our t. Fi nal ly , t he tr ial co urt s hal l ex ecut e findi ng s o f fa ct , co n clusions of law , and any nece ssaryorders it may ente r regarding the aforem ent ione d issues and cau se its f indings, conc lus ion s, and orders, if any , t o be inc lud ed in a suppl emental cler k' s rec ord to be fil ed w it h the C ler k o f this C our t by F ri day , N ov ember

9, 2007. It is so ordered. Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.