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Date Created: 2023-02-14 12:09:14.309565+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                  San Antonio, Texas
                                      February 10, 2023

                                     No. 04-22-00689-CR

                                   Calvin Pierre HOPKINS,
                                           Appellant

                                               v.

                                    The STATE of Texas,
                                          Appellee

                  From the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2019CR10972
                           Honorable Ron Rangel, Judge Presiding

                                        ORDER
        Appellant’s brief was originally due on December 14, 2022. Appellant did not timely file
the brief or a motion for extension of time to file the brief.
       On December 16, 2022, we advised Appellant’s counsel Patrick B. Montgomery by e-
mail that the brief was overdue and inquired about its status. Counsel did not respond.
        On December 21, 2022, we ordered counsel to file a motion for extension of time, a
motion to dismiss, or the brief by January 3, 2023. We warned counsel that if no brief or motion
was filed by that date, we would abate this appeal to the trial court for an abandonment hearing
without further notice. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b)(2). Counsel did not respond.
       Accordingly, we abated this appeal and remanded the cause to the trial court to conduct a
hearing in compliance with Rule 38.8(b) to determine whether Appellant desires to prosecute his
appeal and whether new appellate counsel should be appointed.
       Two days before the February 9, 2023 hearing, counsel filed an Anders brief. Based on
the hearing and given the brief had been filed, the trial court found that Appellant wants to
maintain this appeal and the questions regarding replacing Patrick B. Montgomery as court-
appointed appellate counsel were moot.
       We REINSTATE the appellate timetable. The State’s brief is due on March 9, 2023.
                                              _________________________________
                                              Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 10th day of February, 2023.

                                              __________________________________
                                              Michael A. Cruz,
                                              Clerk of Court