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                                 CAUSE NO. 12-15-00078-CR
                                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
                       TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT
                                          TYLER, TEXAS

BRANDON PAUL COUCH,                   }       APPEALED FROM 8TH DISTRICT COURT
APPELLANT

V.                                    }       IN AND FOR

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                   }       RAINS COUNTY, TEXAS
APPELLEE

                                             ORDER
       Appellant is represented by Mr. Martin Braddy, appointed counsel. On April 7, 2015,
this Court notified Appellant’s counsel that a Docketing Statement was to be filed and gave him
until April 17, 2015, to file it. TEX. R. APP. P. 32.2. Thereafter, when no Docketing Statement
was filed, Appellant’s counsel was again notified on April 28, 2015, that the Docketing
Statement was past due and was given until May 15, 2015, to file a Docketing Statement. As of
the date of this Order, no satisfactory response has been received.
       Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 32.2 it is ORDERED that the Honorable E Paul Banner,
Judge of the 8th District Court of Rains County, shall immediately conduct a hearing to
determine the cause of counsel’s failure to file the Docketing Statement and whether the
Appellant has abandoned the appeal.
       It is FURTHER ORDERED that the trial court determine whether: (1) Appellant is
indigent and entitled to the appointment of counsel on appeal; (2) Appellant has sufficient funds
to retain counsel; or (3) Appellant desires to represent himself on appeal.
       It is ADDITIONALLY ORDERED that once findings are made as to the above issues,
the trial court shall appoint counsel, give Appellant an appropriate deadline for retaining counsel,
or administer the appropriate warnings concerning the dangers of self-representation, in
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accordance with its findings and the court shall also take necessary action to insure the prompt
filing of the Docketing Statement with this Court.
       It is FINALLY ORDERED that a supplemental record containing the court’s findings of
fact and conclusions of law and any appropriate order(s) attendant thereto be certified to this
Court on or before June 18, 2015.
       WITNESS the Honorable James T. Worthen, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals, 12th
Court of Appeals District of Texas, at Tyler.
       GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, at my office this the
19th day of May 2015, A.D.

                                                     CATHY S. LUSK, CLERK
                                                     12TH COURT OF APPEALS

                                                     By: ________________________________
                                                     Katrina McClenny, Chief Deputy Clerk