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                            Fourth Court of Appeals
                                  San Antonio, Texas
                                         January 6, 2023

                                      No. 04-22-00391-CR

                                    Juan Antonio RIVERA,
                                          Appellant

                                                v.

                                     The STATE of Texas,
                                           Appellee

                  From the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2019CR11753
                           Honorable Ron Rangel, Judge Presiding

                                         ORDER

         After appellant’s new counsel was appointed, appellant’s brief was due December 7,
2022; however, neither the brief nor a motion for extension of time was filed. On December 8,
2022, the clerk of this court notified appellant’s counsel, Karl A. Basile, of the deficiency. The
letter required a response by December 19, 2022. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b)(2). We have not
received a response from counsel and the brief has not been filed.

        We therefore order Karl A. Basile to file appellant’s brief by January 17, 2023. If the
brief is not filed as ordered, this appeal may be abated for an abandonment hearing and counsel
may be ordered to show cause why he should not be held in civil or criminal contempt of this
court.

                                                     _________________________________
                                                     Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 6th day of January, 2023.

                                                     ___________________________________
                                                     MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court