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Date Created: 2024-03-19 10:14:55.961142+00
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                      NO. 03-22-00684-CR
                                      NO. 03-22-00685-CR

                             Roman Turullos-Gonzalez, Appellant

                                                 v.

                                  The State of Texas, Appellee

                 FROM THE 299TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
                       NOS. D-1-DC-10-203463 & D-1-DC-12-301065
                   THE HONORABLE KAREN SAGE, JUDGE PRESIDING

                 ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

               Appellant’s brief was originally due March 20, 2023. After this Court granted

multiple motions requesting an extension of time to file his brief, appellant’s brief was due

August 4, 2023. In granting the most recent extension, this Court advised counsel that no further

extensions would be granted. On September 5, 2023, this Court sent a notice to appellant

informing him that his brief was overdue and that a failure to file a satisfactory response by

September 15, 2023, would result in the referral of this case to the trial court for a hearing under

Rule 38.8(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. To date, no brief or other response has

been tendered for filing and the brief is overdue.

               The appeal is abated and remanded to the trial court. The trial court shall conduct

a hearing to determine whether appellant desires to prosecute this appeal and, if so, whether
counsel has abandoned this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2), (3). The court shall make

appropriate written findings and recommendations. See id. R. 38.8(b)(2), (3). If necessary, the

court shall appoint substitute counsel who will effectively represent appellant in this appeal.

Following the hearing, which shall be transcribed, the trial court shall order the appropriate

supplemental clerk’s and reporter’s records—including all findings and orders—to be prepared

and forwarded to this Court no later than April 12, 2024. See id. R. 38.8(b)(3).

               It is so ordered March 13, 2024.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Smith and Theofanis

Abated and Remanded

Filed: March 13, 2024

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