Court Opinion

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Order entered December 17, 2013

                                              In The
                                 Court of Appeals
                          Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                      No. 05-13-01486-CR
                                      No. 05-13-01487-CR

                            KENNETH RAY TURNER, Appellant

                                                V.

                              THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                     On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 1
                                   Dallas County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause Nos. F13-51238-H, F13-51239-H

                                            ORDER
        The Court ORDERS the trial court to make findings of fact regarding whether appellant

has been deprived of the clerk’s records because of ineffective counsel, indigence, or for any

other reason.

      The trial court shall first determine whether appellant desires to prosecute the appeals. If
       the trial court determines that appellant does not desire to prosecute the appeals, it shall
       make a finding to that effect.

      If the trial court determines that appellant desires to prosecute the appeal, it shall next
       determine whether appellant is indigent and entitled to proceed without payment of costs
       for the clerk’s records. If appellant is entitled to proceed without payment of costs, the
       trial court shall make a finding to that effect. Moreover, 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. If the trial court finds
       appellant is not indigent, it shall determine whether retained counsel has abandoned the
       appeal.
      The trial court shall next determine: (1) whether appellant timely requested preparation
       of the clerk’s records; (2) whether appellant, if not indigent, has made payment
       arrangement for the clerk’s records; and (3) the date by which the clerk’s records will be
       filed.

       We ORDER the trial court to transmit a supplemental record, containing the written

findings of fact, any supporting documentation, and any orders, to this Court within THIRTY

DAYS of the date of this order.

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

shall be reinstated thirty days from the date of this order or when the supplemental record is

received, whichever is earlier.

                                                     /s/     DAVID EVANS
                                                             JUSTICE