NO. 07-08 -029 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 NO VEM BER25, 2008

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___ VICENT E CASAS , APPE LLA NT

v. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 14 0 DIS T RI CTCOU RTOF L UB BO CKCOU NT Y; TH NO. 200 5-41 1,0 25; HON. JIM BOB DARNEL L, PRES IDING

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____ Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ.
ON ABAT EMENTAND R EMAND
A p p e l l a n t , V i c e n t e C a s a s , a p p e a l s h i s c o n v i ct i o n fo r the offens e o f b u rg l a r y o f a habi tati on w it h i ntentto c o m m ita felo ny and sent ence of 50 y ears c onfinement in the Ins t i t u t i o n a l D i v i s i o n o f t h e T e x a s D e p a rt me n to f C r i mi n a l J u s t i c e . W e a b a t e fo r furth er proce edin gs.-2-

Appel lan t' s b ri ef w as due t o be filed no l ater than October

13, 2008, but h as y et t o be f iled. App ellant ’s attorne y of record w as no tif ied by

letter da ted Octob er 23 th at un less a br ief or moti on was re cei v ed byNov ember 3rd, thi s c our

t woul d abat e the appeal to the trial court. On Novemb er 7, ap pellat e cou nsel f iled a mot ion to exten d time to f ile
a p p e l l a n t ’ s b r i e f re q u e s t i n g u n t i l N o v e mb e r 1 0 t o fi l e app e l l a n t ’ s a l mo s tc o mp l e t e d b r i e f. On N ov ember

13, appel lan t’ s a ttor ney wa s n oti fied th at hi s mot ion for e xtens ion was deni ed and that appel lan t’ s b ri ef w as due on or before Nov ember

18. Appell ant’ s c ounse l has not fil ed a br ief or

had further

co mmunic ati on w it h thi s c our t.
Therefore, we n o w a bate thi s a ppeal and re mand the ca use to t he tr ial co urt for f urthe r proceed ings pu rsuan t to Rule 38. 8(b)(2) a nd (3). Upon rema nd, the trial court sha ll immedi atel y

ca use noti ce of a hear ing to be g iven and, t h e reafter, condu ct a hear ing to deter mine the fol low ing :
1. w het her ap pellan t desires to prosecu te th e ap pea l; 2. w hether

the tr ial co urt app oi n t e d c ounse l for appe ll ant h as abandoned the a ppeal ; and 3. w hether

appel lan t hasbeen deni ed effective as si st a n ce of couns el g i v e n t h e a tt o r n e y ’ s fa i l u re t o fi l e a b r i e f.
The t ri al cour

t s hal l caus e a h ear ing t o b e t ra nsc ri bed. Shoul d i t be deter mined that app ellantdoe s wantto cont inue the ap pea l and is indigent, the n the trial court sha ll also tak e s uch measures as maybe n eces sar y t o a ss u re appell ant e ffect ive as si sta nce of
coun sel, w hich m easu res ma y include the app ointm ent of new coun sel. If new coun sel is appoi nted, the name, ad dress , t ele phone n umber , and st ate bar number of sa id couns el-3-

shal l be i ncl uded i n the order appoi nti ng new couns el. F ina ll y , t he tr ial co urt s hal l ex ecut e findi ng s o f fact , c oncl usi ons of law , and such orders a s t he c our t may ente r re g ardin g the aforementi oned i ss ues and c ause it s fin din g s a nd c oncl usi ons to be i ncl uded i n a suppl emental cl er k' s record. A s uppl emental record of the hear ing sh all al so be i ncl uded in the a ppel lat e record. Fi nal ly , t he tri al cour t s hal l file the s uppl emental cl er k' s record and the s uppl emental repor ter'srecord w it h the C ler k o f thisC our t by D ecember

23, 2008. It isso ordered.

Per C ur iam Do not p ubl is h.