Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-16 01:04:08.740865+00
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NUMBER 13-14-00707-CR

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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BUFORD RANDLE A/K/A RANDLE BUFORD,                                           Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 148th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                          ORDER OF ABATEMENT
     Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza
                           Order Per Curiam

       Appellant, Buford Randle a/k/a Randle Buford, has filed a notice of appeal with this

Court from his conviction in trial court cause number 14-CR-0561-E. The trial court has

certified that “the defendant has waived the right of appeal.”      See TEX. R. APP. P.

25.2(a)(2).
       On December 11, 2014, we ordered appellant's counsel, John M. Lamerson, to,

within thirty days, review the record and advise this Court as to whether appellant has a

right to appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3, 44.4. Counsel responded to this Court's order

stating the appellant did not waive his right to appeal. Appellant asserted his right to trial,

the jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced pursuant to his election.             Counsel

advises this Court that no amended certification has been filed.

       Therefore, we ABATE this appeal and REMAND this cause to the trial court for a

hearing to determine whether the appellant has the right of appeal. We further direct the

trial court to issue findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding this issue. The trial

court's amended certification, and any orders it enters shall be included in a supplemental

clerk's record. The trial court is directed to cause the supplemental clerk's record to be

filed with the Clerk of this Court within thirty days from the date of this order. Should the

trial court require more time to comply with the directions of this Court, it shall request an

extension prior to the expiration of this deadline.

       It is so ORDERED.

                                                          PER CURIAM

Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed
13th day of February, 2015.

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