Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-02-06 08:17:19.719538+00
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Order entered February 3, 2017

                                             In The
                                   Court of Appeals
                            Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                      No. 05-16-00792-CR

                              LACIE DEE PARDUN, Appellant

                                                V.

                              THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                      On Appeal from the 366th Judicial District Court
                                   Collin County, Texas
                          Trial Court Cause No. 366-83652-2015

                                            ORDER
       Appellant’s brief was due November 5, 2016. By postcard dated November 8, 2016, we

notified appellant the brief was overdue and directed her to file the brief and an extension motion

within ten days. On November 16, 2016, appellant filed a motion to extend time which we

granted, extending the due date to December 5, 2016. Appellant filed another motion to extend

time, making her brief due January 6, 2017. To date, no brief has been filed and we have had no

communication from appellant.

       Therefore, we ORDER the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine why appellant’s

brief has not been filed.    Specifically, the trial court shall make appropriate findings and

recommendations and determine whether appellant desires to prosecute the appeal, whether

appellant is indigent, or if not indigent, whether retained counsel has abandoned the appeal. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b). If the trial court cannot obtain appellant’s presence at the hearing, the

trial court shall conduct the hearing in appellant’s absence. See Meza v. State, 742 S.W.2d 708

(Tex. App.–Corpus Christi 1987, no pet.) (per curiam). If appellant is indigent, the trial court is

ORDERED to take such measures as may be necessary to assure effective representation, which

may include appointment of new counsel.

         We ORDER the trial court to transmit a record of the proceedings, which shall include

written findings and recommendations, to this Court within THIRTY DAYS of the date of this

order.

         This appeal is ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with the above order. The

appeal shall be reinstated thirty days from the date of this order or when the findings are

received, whichever is earlier.

                                                     /s/    ADA BROWN
                                                            JUSTICE