Court Opinion

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NO. 07-11-00342-CR; 07-11-00343-CR

                               IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                       AT AMARILLO

                                          PANEL C

                                   NOVEMBER 17, 2011

                           LARAY DEALY KELLY, APPELLANT

                                               v.

                           THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

             FROM THE 64TH DISTRICT COURT OF SWISHER COUNTY;

   NO. A4333-1006, A4334-1006; HONORABLE ROBERT W. KINKAID JR., JUDGE

Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.

                      ORDER OF ABATEMENT AND REMAND

       Appellant, Laray Dealy Kelly, filed notices of appeal from the trial court’s

determination to adjudicate appellant guilty of two injury to a child offenses, and

sentences of 8 years incarceration in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department

of Criminal Justice. The appellate court clerk received and filed the trial court clerk=s

record on September 19, 2011. The official court reporter filed the reporter’s record with

the Clerk of this Court on September 26. Consequently, appellant’s brief was due to be

filed on or before October 26. On November 2, this Court sent appellant notice that his

brief was past due. In that letter, this Court informed appellant that, if he failed to file his
brief by November 14, the appeal will be abated and the cause remanded to the trial

court without further notice. To date, appellant has not filed his brief nor responded to

our November 2nd correspondence.

      Accordingly, we now abate this appeal and remand the cause to the trial court.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b)(2).     The clerk’s record reflects that the trial court has

appointed James B. Johnston to represent appellant on appeal. Upon remand, the

judge of the trial court is directed to immediately cause notice to be given of and to

conduct a hearing to determine: (1) whether appellant desires to prosecute this appeal;

(2) if appellant desires to prosecute this appeal, whether appellant is indigent; (3)

whether present counsel for appellant has abandoned the appeal; (4) if appellant

desires to prosecute this appeal and is indigent, whether appellant=s present counsel

should be replaced; and (5) what orders, if any, should be entered to assure the filing of

appropriate notices and documentation to dismiss appellant=s appeal if appellant does

not desire to prosecute this appeal or, if appellant desires to prosecute this appeal, to

assure that the appeal will be diligently pursued. If the trial court determines that the

present attorney for appellant should be replaced, the trial court should cause the Clerk

of this Court to be furnished the name, address, and State Bar of Texas identification

number of the newly-appointed or newly-retained attorney.

      The trial court is directed to: (1) conduct any necessary hearings; (2) make and

file findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations addressing the

determinations identified above and cause them to be included in a supplemental clerk=s

record; (3) cause the hearing proceedings to be transcribed and included in a

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supplemental reporter=s record; (4) have a record of the proceedings made to the extent

any of the proceedings are not included in the supplemental clerk=s record or the

supplemental reporter=s record; and (5) cause the records of the proceedings to be sent

to this Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b)(3). In the absence of a request for extension

of time from the trial court, the supplemental clerk=s record, supplemental reporter=s

record, and any additional proceeding records, including any orders, findings,

conclusions, and recommendations, are to be sent so as to be received by the Clerk of

this Court not later than Monday, December 19, 2011.

                                               Per Curiam

Do not publish.

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