NO. 07-07 -037 6-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 C NO VEM BER28, 2007

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___ HE ATH J AM ES G RI ME S, Appel lan t

v. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, Appel lee

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______ FRO M T HE COU NT Y COUR T AT LAW NO. 2 O F RA NDA L L COU NT Y; NO. 200 6-16 59-L ; HON. RONALD W ALK ER, JR., PRESIDING

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____ ABATEMENT AND REMAND

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_______ Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRT LE, JJ. Hea th J ames Gr imes (appel lan t) appeals f ro m his conv icti on for thef t of proper

ty of the v alu e of $50 or

more, bu t l ess than $500. H e f il ed his noti ce of appeal on September 4, 20 07. The re por

ter ’s re cord w as filed on September 20, 2007, and the cl er k’ s re cord on Oct ober 10, 2007. Therefore, appel lan t’ s b ri ef w as due o n N ov ember 9, 2007. On Nov ember

16, 2007, a l etter

w as sentto appel lan t’ s a tt o rn e y noti fyi ng hi m the br ief w as2

ov erdue and thatthe br ief or respon se w as due N ov ember 26, 2007. To date , no br ief or
extens ion moti on has been filed i n thi s C our t. Con seq uentl y , w e abat e the appeal and re mand the ca use to t he County C our t at Law N o. 2 of Randal l Cou nty ( tr ial co urt) for fur

ther proceed ing s. U pon remand, t he tr ial
cour t s hal l imm e d ia te ly

ca use noti ce of a hear ing to be g iv en and, thereafter, co nducta h e a rin g to de te rm in e th e fo llo wing: 1. w hether

appel lan t i s i ndi g ent; 2. w hether

appel lan t des ires to prosec ute t he appe al; and 3

. w hether

appel lan t has be e n deni ed th e effect iv e ass is tanc e of couns el d u e t o a p p e l l a t e c o u n s e l ’ s fa i l u re t o t i me l y fi l e a n a p p e l l a te br ief. See Evitts

v. Luc ey, 469 U .S. 387, 394, 105 S. C t. 830, 834- 35, 83 L . Ed.2 d 82 1, 82 8 (198 5) (holding thatan indigentd e fe nda nt is enti tl ed to the effect iv e as si sta nce of couns el on th e first appeal as of ri g ht an d tha t c ounse l m u st be av ail abl e to ass is t i n prepar ing and subm itting an app ellate brief ). W e furt her

di re ct the t ri al cour

t t o iss ue findi ng s o f factand conc lus ion s o f law address ing the f o re g oin g su bje cts

. Shoul d the tr ial co urt find that appel lan t des ires to p u rs u e t h e a p p e a l, is in d ig e n t , a n d h a s b e e n d e n ie d e f fe c t ive a s s is t a n c e o f

co u n s e l, we further di re ct itto appoi nt n e w couns el to as si st in the p ro sec uti on of the appeal

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nam e, ad dress, pho ne num ber, telefax nu mb er, and st ate b ar num ber of the ne w coun sel, if an y, who w ill rep re se n t a p p e lla n t o n ap p e a l m u stal so be in clu d e d in t h e c o u rt ’s f in d in gs of factand conc lus ion s o f law

. Fur ther more, the tr ial co u rts hal l als o c ause to be dev elo ped 1) a suppl emental cl er k’ s re cord cont ain ing the findi ng s o f factand conc lus ion s of l aw and 2) a re por

ter ’s re cord transc ri bin g the ev ide nce and arg ument present ed atthe aforem ent ione d he aring. Addition ally , the t rial cou rt sh all ca use th e sup plem ent al clerk’s
reco rd t o b e f iled w ith the clerk of this court on or before Decem ber 28 , 200 7. Sho uld3

addi ti onal ti me be ne eded to per form thes e tas ks , the tr ial co urt may req uestsa me on or before D ecember

28, 2007. It is so ordered. Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.