NO. 07-09 -009 1-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 B APR IL 24 , 200 9

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___ ALT ON ARMSTRONG, APPE LLA NT

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 P OT T ER COU NT Y; NO . 50, 712- C; H ON ORABLE AN A ES TEVEZ, JU DG E

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. ORDER OF A BA

TEMENT A ND R EMA ND On M arc h 16 , 20 09 , ap pe l l an t, A l to n Ar ms tron g , fi l ed a n ot i c e of a pp eal f ro m a jud g ment ent er ed by

the 251 D ist ric t C our t of Pot ter

C ounty , Tex as, i n c ause number st 50,712- C. I n thi s n oti ce, appel lan t req uest s t he tr ial co urt reli ev e hi s a p p o in ted c ounse l f rom c on ti nu i ng t o r ep r es en t ap pe l l an t on a pp ea l a nd t o ap po i ntn ew a pp el l at e c ou nsel. On t his bas is , w e now

abat e and re mand thi s c ause. Upo n remand, t he j udg e of t he tr ial cour t is direct ed to i mmediat ely ca use noti ce to be give n of and t o c onduc t a hear ing to deter mine: ( 1) w hether appel lan t des ires to2

prosec ute t his appeal ; ( 2) if appel lan t desi re s to pros ecut e this appeal , w hether appel lan t is i ndi g ent; ( 3) if appel lan t is in dig ent, w hether appell ant is being adequa tel y repr esent ed on a ppe al by trial counse l; (4) i f app ellantis i ndig e n t a nd n ot be ing adequat ely re pr esent ed, w hether

appell ant shoul d be appoi nted new appel lat e c ounse l; and (5 ) w hat orders, if any , s houl d be e n te re d t o as sure the fil ing of appropr iat e not ic es and docu me nta tion to dismiss app ellant ’s a ppe al if a ppe llant doe s not de sire to prosecu te th is appeal

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t h e tr ial co urt det er mines thatnew co unsel sh oul d be all ow ed to repr esent appel lan t on appeal , t he c our t s h o u ld caus e the cl er k o f this co urt t o 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 -ap p oin ted o r new ly -retai ned at tor ney . T he trial court is d irected t o: (1) co ndu ct any n ecessa ry h earings; (2) m ake a nd f ile appropr iat e findi ng s o f fact, conc lus ion s of law , and recommendat ion s a nd c ause them t o 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 an d i n clu d ed i n a s uppl emental repor ter ’s record; ( 4) hav e a record of the proceed ings made to t he extent any of the p ro ceedi ng s a re not inc lud ed i n the suppl emental cl er k’ s record or the suppl emental repor ter ’s record; an d (5) c ause the re cords of the pro ce e d in g s t o be sentto thi s c our t. 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, and re co m m e ndati ons, are to be s ent s o as to be re cei v ed by

the cl er k o f this co urt notl ater than M ay

26, 2009. Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.