Eddie Guadalupe Rodriguez v. State

Opinion

NUMBER 13-19-00415-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

EDDIE GUADALUPE RODRIGUEZ, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 92nd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas.

ORDER Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Hinojosa Order Per Curiam

On February 28, 2020, the official court reporter for the trial court, Julian Alderette

filed several affidavits with the Court stating his hard drive containing stenographic notes

was dropped and damaged. He cannot provide a transcript of the hearing because the

file cannot be retrieved.

This sequence of events requires us to effectuate our responsibility to avoid further delay and to preserve the parties' rights. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(a)(1). Accordingly, this

appeal is ABATED and the cause REMANDED to the trial court.

In accordance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 34.6(f)(4), the trial court is

directed to conduct a hearing to determine if: (1) the appellant has timely requested a

reporter's record; (2) without the appellant's fault, a significant exhibit or a significant

portion of the court reporter's notes and records has been lost or destroyed or - if the

proceedings were electronically recorded - a significant portion of the recording has been

lost or destroyed or is inaudible; (3) if the lost, destroyed, or inaudible portion of the

reporter's record, or the lost and destroyed exhibit, is necessary to the appeal's resolution;

and (4) the lost, destroyed, or inaudible portion of the reporter's record cannot be replaced

by agreement of the parties, or the lost or destroyed exhibit cannot be replaced either by

agreement of the parties or with a copy determined by the trial court to accurately

duplicate with reasonable certainty the original exhibit. See TEX. R. APP. P. 34.6(f).

The trial court is directed to forward the record of the proceedings, including any

orders and findings, to this Court within thirty (30) days of the date of this order, or to

notify this Court within such period indicating a date by which the trial court can comply.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.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

Delivered and filed the 10th day of March, 2020.