NO. 07-08 -030 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 SEPTEM BER16, 2009

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___ MARK ANTHONY TAYLOR, AP PEL LANT

V. THE S TATE OF TEXAS, APPEL LEE

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______ FRO M T HE 25 1 ST DIS T RI CT COU RT OF RA NDA L L COU NT Y; NO . 164 10- C; H ON ORABLE AN A ES TEVEZ, JU DG E

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____ Bef ore QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. ON A BA TEMENT A ND R EMA ND App ellant , Mark Antho ny T aylor, app eals from his conviction for agg rav ate d assa ult and s entenc e, pronounc ed on Jul y 1, 2008, of nin e ye a rs inc ar cerati on i n the Tex as Depa rtme nt of

Cri min al Justice, I nstitu tiona l Div ision, and $50 0 f ine. Ap pellan t f iled no tice of a p p e a l o n J uly

14, 2008. Appel lan t t hen fil ed a moti on for new tr ial on J uly

25, 2008, w hic h w as ov er ru led by operati on of l a w. The ap pel lat e r ecord w as due by Oc tober 29, 2008. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 3 5.2( b)

. The cl er k’ s rec or d w as re cei v ed and filed on O cto ber 30, 200 8. Beca use it ap pea red tha t prior appe llate cou n s e l m a y h a v e ab and one d this2

appea l, t h e c a u se w as abated and remanded t o the tr ial co urt by order of thi s C our

t on A p r i l 2 4 , 2 0 0 9

. A s a r e s u l t o f t h i s a b a t e me n t a n d r e ma n d , t h e t r i a l c o u rt i mp l i e d l yfound that pr ior c o u n sel had abandoned the appeal and appoi nted John Bennet t t o r epr esent appel lan t i n thi s a ppeal

. By le tt e r, d ated Jul y

6, 2009, thi s C our

t v acat ed i ts pr ior

l etter ru li ng thatthe a p p e a l wou ld be dec ide d w it hout a r epor ter ’s r ecord and setthe deadl ine for the f iling of

the rep orter’s record as Au gust 6, 200 9. By lette r of August 27 , 200 9, th is Cou rtadv is ed th e r epor ter thatthe appel lat e r ecord w as lat e and direct ed the repor ter to adv is e the C our

t of the sta tus of

the appel lat e reco rd on or befor e September

8, 2009. As of this date , t he c our

t repor ter has fail ed to co mply

w it h the di re cti v e of thi s C our t. Acc or din g ly , w e abate this appeal and remand t he c ause to t he tr ial co urt for further proceed ing s. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 35 .3(c). Upon rem and , the trial court shall imm edia tely caus e not ic e of a hear ing to be g iv en and, ther eafter, condu ct a hear ing to deter mine the fo llo wing: 1. w het her ap pellan t still desires to pursue his appe al; 2. if appel lan t doe s w is h to cont inu e hi s a ppeal , w hether an alt er nate or subst itute reporte r sho uld or can be app ointe d to com plete the reco rd in a time ly

man ner. T he trial cou rt shall cause the hea ring to be transcribed . In add ition, th e trial court shall (1) ex ecut e f indings of fact and co nclusion s o f law add ressing the foregoing issues, (2 ) caus e a s uppl emental cl er k’ s record to be dev elo ped c ontai nin g i ts findi ng s of fact and conc lus ion s o f law

and any orders it mayi ss ue r ela ti ng to thi s mat ter , and ( 3) ca use a re por ter ’s record to be dev elo ped tran sc ri bin g the ev ide nce and arg uments pr esent ed at3

the aforem ent ione d he aring, if an y . T he trial court sha ll then f ile the sup plem ent al clerk’s re cord and any

repor ter ’s record trans cr ibi ng the hear ing w it h the cl er k o f this co urt on or bef ore Octo ber 14 , 200 9. Sho uld f urthe r time be nee ded by the trial court to pe rform th ese tas ks , s ame mustbe req uest ed befor e Oc tober 14, 2009. It is so order ed.

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