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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-09-00411-CR

Matthew E. Anderson, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. CR2008-186, HONORABLE DIB WALDRIP, JUDGE PRESIDING

M EM O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N
PER CURIAM
Appellant's brief was due September 16, 2009.  The brief has not been received and
appellant's appointed attorney, Joseph E. Garcia III, did not respond to this Court's notice that the
brief is overdue.
The appeal is abated.  The trial court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether
appellant desires to prosecute this appeal and, if so, whether the attorney it appointed to represent
appellant has abandoned the appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2).  The court shall make appropriate
findings and recommendations.  If necessary, the court shall appoint substitute counsel who will
effectively represent appellant in this cause.  A record from this hearing, including copies of all
findings and orders and a transcription of the court reporter's notes, shall be forwarded to the Clerk
of this Court for filing as a supplemental record no later than December 4, 2009.  Rule 38.8(b)(3).

Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Waldrop and Henson
Abated
Filed:   November 6, 2009
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