NO. 07-08 -020 7-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 B SEPTEM BER22, 2008

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___ Y OH AW NN D AN TE BY NE S, Appel lan t

v. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, Appel lee

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______ FRO M T HE 31 stDIS T RI CT COU RT OF W HE EL ERCOU NT Y; NO. 406 2; HON. ST EVE N RAY EMMERT, PRES IDING

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____ ON ABA TEMENT AND REMAN D

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. Y o h a w n n D a n t e B y n e s ( a p p e l l a n t ) a p p e a l s fro m h i s c o n v i ct i o n fo r p o s s e s s i o n o f a cont ro ll ed subst ance w it h intentto del iv er . He filed hi s n oti ce of appeal on M ay 15, 2008. The cl er k’ s re cord w as filed on June 23, 2008, and the re por ter ’s re cord Ju ly 15 , 2008. Appel lan t’ s b ri ef w as due on Aug ust14, 2008. No bri ef or extens ion w as filed by thatdate
w it h the C our

t. On Aug ust 22, 2008, a letter was sent to appel lan t noti fyi ng him the b ri ef2

w as ov erdue and thatthe br ief or respon se w as d ue on September 2, 2008. On S e p t e mb e r

1 2 , 2 0 0 8 , we re c e i v e d a m o t i o n t o e xt e n d t h e t i me t o fi l e h i s b r i e f. Con seq uentl y , sin ce appel lan t has no attor ney and a det er minat ion mustbe made on hi s i ndi g ency

and w hether

he d esi re s a n att or ney

to re presenthi m, we abat e the appeal and remand th e c ause to t he 31s t D is tr ict Cour t ( tr ial co urt) for fur

ther proceed ing s. U pon re mand, t he tr ial co urt s hal l immedi atel y cau se n o ti ce of a hear ing to be g iv en and, th e re a f te r, co n d u cta h e a rin g to de te rm in e th e fo llo wing: 1. w hether

appel lan t des ires to prosec ute t he appe al 2. w hether

appel lan t i s i ndi g ent a nd ent it led to appoi nted couns el. W e furt her

di re ct the t ri al cour

t t o i ssue findi ng s o f factand conc lus ion s o f law address ing the foreg oin g su bje cts

. Shoul d the tr ial co urt find th a t appel lan t des ires to pursu e the app eal, is indigent and withoutco unse l, we d irect t he trial co urt to ap poin t him
same u nle ss appel lan t know ing ly waiv es his r ig ht t o c ounse l. I n ei ther si tuati on, t he name,
a d d re s s , p h o n e n u m b e r, t e le fa x n u m b e r, a n d st a t e b a r nu m b e r o f t h e n e w co u n s e l, if

a n y, w ho wi ll repre sentapp ellanton app eal mu st also be include d in the co urt’s f indings of fact and c oncl usi ons of law

. Fur ther more, the tr ial co urt s hall als o c ause to be dev elo ped 1) a suppl emental cler k’ s rec ord contai nin g the findi ng s of fact and conc lus ion s of law and 2) a repo rt e r ’ s re c o rd t ra n s c r i b i n g t h e e v i d e n c e a n d a rg u me n tp re s e n t e d a tt he aforem ent ione d he aring. Addition ally , the trial cou rt sh all ca use the supp lem ent al clerk’s record to be f iled w it h t h e c le rko f this court on or before Octo ber 22 , 200 8. Sho uld addi ti onal ti me be ne eded t o perform these tas ks , the tri al cour t mayreq uestsame on or before O cto ber

22, 2008.3

It is so ordered.

Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.