Court Opinion

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Order entered February 20, 2019

                                            In The
                                 Court of Appeals
                          Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                     No. 05-18-01032-CR

                         WILLIAM TRAVIS HENDRIX, Appellant

                                               V.

                             THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                      On Appeal from the 366th Judicial District Court
                                   Collin County, Texas
                          Trial Court Cause No. 366-82878-2017

                                           ORDER
       Appellant’s brief was due on November 28, 2018. When it was not filed, we notified

appellant by postcard dated November 30, 2018 and instructed him to file his brief within ten

days along with a motion to extend time to file the brief. To date, no brief has been filed and

appellant has had no communication with the Court regarding the brief or the appeal.

       Therefore, we ORDER the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine why appellant’s

brief has not been filed. In this regard, the trial court shall make appropriate findings and

recommendations and determine whether appellant desires to prosecute this appeal or whether

appellant has abandoned the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b). If the trial court cannot obtain

appellant’s presence at the hearing, the trial court shall conduct the hearing in appellant’s

absence. See Meza v. State, 742 S.W.2d 708 (Tex. App.–Corpus Christi 1987, no pet.) (per
curiam). If appellant is indigent, the trial court is ORDERED to take such measures as may be

necessary to assure effective representation, which may include appointment of new counsel.

         We ORDER the trial court to transmit a record of the proceedings, which shall include

written findings and recommendations, to this Court within THIRTY DAYS of the date of this

order.

         We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Ray Wheless,

Presiding Judge, 366th Judicial District Court; Kristin Brown; and to the Collin County District

Attorney.

         This appeal is ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with the above order. The

appeal shall be reinstated thirty days from the date of this order or when the findings are

received, whichever is earlier.

                                                   /s/     LANA MYERS
                                                           JUSTICE