NO. 07-08 -030 4-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 JAN UA RY

7, 2009

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___ MARK EDW ARD BOLL ES, AP PEL LANT

v. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 25 1 DIS T RI CT COU RT OF RA NDA L L COU NT Y; ST NO. 196 06-C; HON. ANA EST EVE Z, PRESIDING

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____ Bef ore QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. On A bateme nt and R ema nd App ellant app eals a judgme nt find ing him g uilty of tw o cou nts of

posse ssion of

child por nog ra phy

and sent ence of si x

y ears i ncarcera ti o n in the Ins ti tuti onal D iv is ion of the T e xa s De p a rt m e n to f

Cr im in a l J u s t ic e . W e a b a t e a n d r e m a n d t o t h e t ri a l c o u rtt o re s o lve is sues r ela ti ng to the t ri al cour t repor ter ’s r ecord i n thi s c ase.2

T he clerk’s record w as f iled in this case on Octob er 14, 2 008 . Th e repo rter’s record w as due on Oct ober 15, 2008. H av ing not re cei v ed th e repor ter ’s r ecord nor

a mot ion for extens ion of ti me to file the repor ter ’s r ecord, on Oc tober 23, thi s C our

t s ent a l etter

to the re por ter r eq uest ing adv is ement as to the sta tus of the record. On O cto ber 29, the repor

ter f ile d h e r f irst exten sion request b ased on he r havi ng had surgery on Octo ber 8. T his re q uestw as g ra nted and t hat d eadl ine w as extended to N ov ember 14. On Nov ember

14, the repor

ter fil ed a sec ond req uestfor extens ion , w hic h the C our t g ra nted, extendi ng the deadl ine to Dec ember

15. This C our

t’ s g ra nt of the se cond extens ion r eq uestadmoni shed the repor ter thatno fur

ther extens ion s w oul d be g ra nted absen t g ood c ause. How ev er , on Decem ber 30 , 15 da y s af ter the exten ded dea dline h ad p assed , the reporte r filed a third re q uestfor e xtens ion ci ti ng a h eavy ca sel oad and the hol ida y s a s reason s for the extensio n. W e do not fin d the se re asons to cons ti tute g ood c ause for an addi ti onal extens ion of ti me. Acc ordin g ly , w e abat e thi s appeal and re mand the caus e to the tr ial co urt for further proceed ing s. Upon remand, the tr ial courtshall immediat ely ca use noti ce of a hear ing to b e given an d , t h 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 hy

the re por

ter ’s r ecord has not been fil ed, 2. w hen t he repor

ter ’s r ecord c an reason abl y b e fil ed i n a mann er that does not fur

ther del ay th e prosec uti on of thi s a ppeal or hav e the pr act ic al eff ectof depr iv ing the appel lan t of hi s r ig ht t o appea l, and 3. w hether

an a lt er nate or

su bst it ute repor

ter sh oul d or

ca n be appoi nted to com plete the reco rd in a time ly man ner.3

The tr ial co urt s hal l caus e the h ear ing to be transc ri bed. So too s hal l it( 1) ex ecut e findi ng s o f f actand conc lus ion s o f law address ing the foreg oin g i ss ues, ( 2) ca use to be dev elo ped a suppl emental cl er k’ s record c ontai nin g i ts findi ng s o f f actand conc lus ion s o f law and all orders i t may

i ss ue as a resul t of i ts hear ing i n thi s mat ter , and ( 3) ca use to be dev elo ped a re por

ter ’s re cord transc ri bin g the ev ide nce and arg uments present ed atthe aforementi oned he ar ing

. Addi ti onal ly , t he di str ic t c our t s hal l th en fil e the su ppl emental cl er k’ s a nd repor

ter ’s rec o rd s w it h the cl er k o f this C our t on or before Janua ry

26, 2009. Sho uld f urthe r time be nee ded bythe trial court to perform these tasks, then same must be req uest ed befor e J anuar y 26, 2009. It is so order ed. Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.