Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-18 07:10:47.387584+00
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In The
                                   Court of Appeals
                          Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

                                          No. 07-23-00161-CR

                              LUCIO DELEON YANEZ, APPELLANT

                                                    V.

                                THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

                               On Appeal from the 22nd District Court
                                        Hays County, Texas
                 Trial Court No. CR-19-3860-A, Honorable R. Bruce Boyer, Presiding

                                            May 16, 2023
                        ORDER OF ABATEMENT AND REMAND
                         Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

        Appellant, Lucio Deleon Yanez, proceeding pro se, appeals his conviction for

driving while intoxicated1 and sentence to seven years’ confinement.2 In his notice of

appeal, Appellant states that he is indigent and requests court-appointed appellate

        1   See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 49.09(b).
        2
        Originally appealed to the Third Court of Appeals, this appeal was transferred to this Court by the
Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001.
counsel. Accordingly, we abate the appeal and remand the cause to the trial court to

determine:

      (1)    whether Appellant still desires to prosecute the appeal; and

      (2)    whether Appellant is indigent and entitled to appointed counsel. See TEX.
             CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art 1.051(d)(1).

      The trial court shall enter such orders necessary to address the aforementioned

questions. So too shall it include its findings on those matters in a clerk’s record and

cause that record to be filed with the Clerk of this Court by June 15, 2023. If it is

determined that Appellant desires to proceed with the appeal, is indigent, and is entitled

to appointed counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel; the name, address, email

address, phone number, and state bar number of any newly appointed counsel shall be

included in the aforementioned findings.

      Newly appointed counsel shall immediately request preparation of the appellate

record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3.

      It is so ordered.

                                                       Per Curiam

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