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Date Created: 2023-01-24 11:10:17.197421+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                   San Antonio, Texas
                                         January 17, 2023

                                       No. 04-22-00716-CR

                                  EX PARTE George TROTTI

                  From the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                              Trial Court No. 2018CR7385-W2
                           Honorable Ron Rangel, Judge Presiding

                                         ORDER
       On December 8, 2022, Appellant George Trotti’s record on appeal was complete. On
December 9, 2022, we ordered Appellant to file his opening brief within thirty days. As of
January 17, 2023, no brief has been filed, and we have received no motion for extension of time.
Contra TEX. R. APP. P. 31.1(a), 38.6(a)(1).
        Therefore, we order Appellant to respond to this notification by filing his brief, a
motion to extend time, or a motion to dismiss within ten days of the date of this order. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b) (requiring this court, when no brief is filed, to notify the parties and the
trial court of the omission and provide Appellant an opportunity to respond); In re Crews, No.
09-99-383CR, 2000 WL 300517, at *1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Mar. 22, 2000, no pet.) (per
curiam) (not designated for publication).
       If Appellant fails to comply with this order, we will abate this appeal and remand the
cause to the trial court for it to conduct an abandonment hearing. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(2),
(3).
        A hearing could result in this court considering the appeal without briefs. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 38.8(4); In re Crews, 2000 WL 300517, at *1.

                                                     _________________________________
                                                     Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 17th day of January, 2023.

                                              ___________________________________
                                              MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court