NO. 07-09 -023 8-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 OC TOBER23, 2009

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___ NIT O JIM GUERRA, JR., APPEL LANT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 26 4 T H DI ST RI CT COU RT OF B EL L COU NT Y; NO . 632 06; H ON ORABLE MA RTH A J . TR UD O, 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 Appel lan t, Ni to J im G uer ra , J r. , fil ed a n o ti ce of appeal from hi s c onv icti on for ev adi ng ar re st or

dete nti on w it h a mot or v ehi cl e and sent ence of 40 y ears i ncarcerati on. The appel lat e c our

t c ler k recei v ed and filed the tr ial courtcler k’ s rec ord on Jul y 20, 2009. T he trial cou rt reporter’s record w as received and f iled on Sep t e mb er 1, 20 09. Thu s, appel lan t’ s b ri ef w as due on or before Oct ober

1, 2009.2

On Octo be r

8 , 2 0 0 9 , t h i s C o u rtn o t i fi e d a p p e l l a n tt h a th i s b r i e f w a s p a s td u e and that, i f his b rie f w as not fil ed by Oc tober

19, 2009, his appeal w oul d be abated and re ma n d e d t o t h e t r i a l c o u rt

. A s o f t h e d a t e o f t h i s o rd e r , a p p e l l a n th a s fa i l e d t o fi l e h i s b r i e f. Acc ordin g ly , w e now

abat e thi s a ppeal and re mand the ca use to the tri al cour t. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 3 8.8( b) (2 ). U pon re m a nd, t he j udg e of the tr ial co urt i s d irect ed to immedi atel y

ca use noti ce to be g iv en of and t o 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 hether appel lan t i s i ndi g ent a nd, i f not i n d ige nt, w hether co unsel for a ppel lan t has abandoned the appeal ; ( 3) i f appell ant d esi re s t o p ro secute thi s a ppeal , w hether appel lan t ’ s p re s e n tc o u n s e l s h o u l d b e re p l a c e d ; a n d ( 4 ) w h a to rd e rs , i f a n y , s h o u l d be ent ered to assure the f iling of ap prop riate no tices an d do cum ent ation to dism iss appe llant’s appeal i f appell ant d oes not d esi re to prosec ute t his appeal or , i f a p p e lla n t des ires to prose cute this app eal, to assure th at th e ap pea l wi ll be dilig ent ly pursue d. If

the trial court det ermin es tha t the presen t atto rney for ap pellan ts h o u ld be repla ced, the cou rt should caus e the cl er k o f

t h is c our

t t o be furni shed the n ame, add re ss , 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 attor ney . T he trial cou rt is directe d to: (1) conductany necessary hea rings; (2) ma ke an d f ile appropr iat e f ind ing s of fact, conc lus ion s of law , and recommendat ion s and 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 and i ncl uded i n a s uppl emental repo rt e r’s r ecord; ( 4) hav e a record of the proceed ing s made to the e xtent 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 te r’ s record; an d ( 5) ca use the3

re cords of t he proceed ing s to be sent to thi s Cou rt

. See Tex . R . Ap p. 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 n gs, c oncl usi ons, and re commendat ion s, are 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 N ov ember

23, 2009.

Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.