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NO. 07-08-0174-CR

                             IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                     AT AMARILLO

                                        PANEL D

                                 AUGUST 19, 2008
                         ______________________________

                            JAY GID BRYAN, APPELLANT

                                           V.

                         THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE
                       _________________________________

              FROM THE 242ND DISTRICT COURT OF HALE COUNTY;

                 NO. B 14776-0301; HONORABLE ED SELF, JUDGE
                       _______________________________

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.

                           ON ABATEMENT AND REMAND

      Appellant Jay Gid Bryan has filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s judgment

adjudicating him guilty of endangering a child,1 revoking his community supervision and

sentencing him to two years confinement in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department

of Criminal Justice. The reporter’s record and clerk’s record have been filed. Appellant’s

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         See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.041(c) (Vernon 2007). This offense is a state jail
felony, punishable by confinement in a state jail for any term of not more than two years
or less than 180 days and a fine not to exceed $10,000. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 12.35
(Vernon 2007).
brief was due to be filed on June 20, 2008, but has not yet been filed. Further, no motion

for extension of time has been filed.

          By letter dated July 3, 2008, this Court notified appellant’s retained attorney of the

failure and also explained that if no response was received by July 14, 2008, the appeal

would be abated pursuant to Rule 38.8(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. On

July 8, 2008, we received a document entitled “Notice of Nonrepresentation” in which

counsel states he represented appellant at a motion to proceed but was never retained to

represent him on appeal. Accordingly, we now abate this appeal and remand the cause

to the trial court for further proceedings pursuant to Rules 38.8(b)(2) and (3). On remand,

the trial court shall utilize whatever means necessary to determine the following:

       1. Whether appellant truly desires to prosecute the appeal; and
       2. Whether appellant is indigent and entitled to appointed counsel.

       Should it be determined that appellant does want to continue the appeal and is

indigent, and that counsel should be appointed, the name, address, telephone number,

and state bar number of newly appointed counsel shall be included in an order. If

necessary, the trial court shall execute findings of fact, conclusions of law, and any

necessary orders it may enter regarding the aforementioned issues and cause its findings,

conclusions, and orders, if any, to be included in a supplemental clerk’s record. A

supplemental reporter’s record of the hearing, if any, shall also be included in the appellate

record.     Finally, the trial court shall file the supplemental clerk’s record and the

supplemental reporter’s record, if any, with the Clerk of this Court by September 19, 2008.

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      It is so ordered.

                              Per Curiam

Do not publish.

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