Court Opinion

ID: 4509284
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-02-21 07:10:23.477633+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:37:51.955293
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COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
                               FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

                                                    ORDER

Appellate case name:         Rocky Annis v. The State of Texas

Appellate case number:       01-20-00089-CR

Trial court case number: 73315-B

Trial court:                 461st District Court of Brazoria County

        Appellant, Rocky Annis, has filed a motion requesting appointment of appellate counsel
and asserting he is indigent. We construe his motion as a request that he be declared indigent for
purposes of this appeal. The Court abates this appeal in order for the trial court to hold a hearing
to hear evidence and issue findings of fact to determine whether appellant is indigent. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 20.1(b)(3). The court coordinator of the trial court shall set a date for said hearing
within 30 days of the date of this Order and notify the parties, including appellant. If appellant is
now incarcerated, he may appear by closed video teleconference.1 The trial court shall have a
court reporter, or court recorder, record the hearing and file the reporter’s record with this Court
no later than 30 days from the date of the indigency hearing. The trial court clerk shall file a
clerk’s record containing the trial court’s findings no later than 30 days from the date of the
indigency hearing.

       It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: ___________/s/ Russell Lloyd____________________________
                              Acting individually

Date: February 20, 2020

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       Any such teleconference must use a closed-circuit video teleconferencing system that provides for a
       simultaneous compressed full motion video and interactive communication of image and sound between
       the trial court, appellant, and any attorneys representing the State or appellant. On request, appellant and
       his counsel shall be able to communicate privately without being recorded or heard by the trial court or the
       attorney representing the State.