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Date Created: 2023-02-21 13:09:37.60135+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                   San Antonio, Texas
                                         February 16, 2023

                                        No. 04-22-00716-CR

                                  EX PARTE George TROTTI

                   From the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                               Trial Court No. 2018CR7385-W2
                            Honorable Ron Rangel, Judge Presiding

                                          ORDER

       Appellant’s brief was due on January 9, 2023. On January 17, 2023, after no brief or
motion for extension of time to file the brief was filed, we ordered Appellant to file the brief or a
motion to dismiss by January 27, 2023. We warned Appellant that if he did not comply with our
order, we would abate this appeal and remand the cause to the trial court for an abandonment
hearing. To date, Appellant has not filed the brief or a motion for extension of time to file the
brief.
        We abate this appeal and remand the cause to the trial court. See TEX. R. APP. P.
38.8(b)(2); D.L.M. v. State, No. 03-16-00240-CV, 2016 WL 3677806, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin
July 6, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op.). We order the trial court to conduct a hearing in compliance
with Rule 38.8(b)(3) to answer the following questions:
       (1)     Does Appellant desire to prosecute his appeal?

       (2)     Is Appellant indigent?

       (3)     If not indigent, has retained counsel abandoned the appeal?

See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b)(2).

       The trial court is further ordered to file supplemental clerk’s and reporter’s records in
this court, not later than thirty days from the date of this order, which shall include the
following: (1) a transcription of the hearing and copies of any documentary evidence admitted,
(2) written findings of fact and conclusions of law, and (3) recommendations addressing the
above enumerated questions. See id. This court will consider the supplemental records in its
determination as to whether to proceed without briefs. See id. R. 38.8(b)(4); Parker v. State, 69
S.W.3d 677, 678 (Tex. App.—Waco 2002, no pet.).
       All other appellate deadlines are suspended pending further order of this court.

                                                    _________________________________
                                                    Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 16th day of February, 2023.

                                                    ___________________________________
                                                    MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court