Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-29 09:12:53.839152+00
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Abatement Order filed January 26, 2023

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                  ____________

                             NO. 14-22-00733-CR
                               ____________

                       HECTOR RAMIREZ, Appellant

                                       V.

                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 339th District Court
                           Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 1677479

                                 PER CURIAM

      Appellant is not represented by counsel on appeal. The clerk’s record
reflects the trial court determined appellant is indigent for the purpose of
employing counsel and paying for the record. Further, the record reflects trial
counsel was permitted to withdraw and appellant’s motion for the appointment of
counsel on appeal was granted. Accordingly, we enter the following order.
      We ORDER the judge of the 339th District Court to immediately conduct a
hearing at which appellant and counsel for the State shall be present, either in
person or by video teleconference, to determine whether appellant desires to
prosecute this appeal, and, if so, the judge shall appoint appellate counsel for
appellant. The judge shall see that a record of the hearing is made, shall make
findings of fact and conclusions of law, and shall order the trial clerk to forward a
record of the hearing and a supplemental clerk’s record containing the findings and
conclusions and any order appointing appellate counsel. Those records shall be
filed with the clerk of this court within 30 days of the date of this order. If a
supplemental clerk’s record containing an appointment of appellate counsel is filed
in this court prior to a hearing being held, no hearing is necessary.

      The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this court’s
active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this court’s active docket when the
supplemental records are filed in this court. The court will also consider an
appropriate motion to reinstate the appeal filed by either party, or the court may
reinstate the appeal on its own motion. It is the responsibility of any party seeking
reinstatement to request a hearing date from the trial court and to schedule a
hearing in compliance with this court’s order. If the parties do not request a
hearing, the court coordinator of the trial court shall set a hearing date and notify
the parties of such date.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Poissant.