Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-08-02 11:23:01.367823+00
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Order entered July 31, 2018

                                             In The
                                 Court of Appeals
                          Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                      No. 05-18-00250-CR
                                      No. 05-18-00251-CR

                            CHRISTOPHER ROGERS, Appellant

                                               V.

                              THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                     On Appeal from the 204th Judicial District Court
                                   Dallas County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause Nos. F17-34648-Q & F16-55015-Q

                                           ORDER
       Appellant’s brief was due June 13, 2018. When it was not filed, we notified appellant by

postcard dated June 15, 2018, and instructed him to file his brief and a motion to extend time to

file the brief by June 25, 2018. To date, no brief or motion has been filed, and we have had no

communication from appellant.

       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 these appeals or whether

appellant has abandoned the appeals. 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 a copy of this order to the Honorable Tammy Kemp,

Presiding Judge, 204th Judicial District Court; to counsel John Tatum; and to the Dallas County

District Attorney.

         These appeals are ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with the above order. The

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

received, whichever is earlier

                                                   /s/    LANA MYERS
                                                          JUSTICE