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Order entered October 27, 2015

                                            In The
                                 Court of Appeals
                          Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                     No. 05-15-00817-CR

                           VERNON ALLEN HULME, Appellant

                                               V.

                             THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                      On Appeal from the 199th Judicial District Court
                                   Collin County, Texas
                          Trial Court Cause No. 199-81996-2014

                                           ORDER
       Appellant’s brief is overdue in this appeal. Additionally, we note that none of the boxes

is checked on the trial court’s certification of appellant’s right to appeal. Accordingly, we

ORDER the following.

       We ORDER the trial court to prepare a completed certification of appellant’s right to

appeal that accurately reflects the trial court proceedings. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a), (d);

Cortez v. State, 420 S.W.3d 803 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013).

       We further 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 the appeal, whether

appellant is indigent, or if not indigent, whether retained counsel 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.

         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/    ADA BROWN
                                                            JUSTICE