Juan Torres v. State

Opinion

Order filed January 23, 2014.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-13-00098-CR ____________

JUAN TORRES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 176th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1338600

ORDER

On December 5, 2013, this Court directed the trial court to conduct a hearing in this case to determine whether appointed counsel, Keisha L. Smith, should be permitted to withdraw, and if so, to appoint new counsel. Our order required the trial judge to see that a record of the hearing is made, make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and order the trial clerk to forward a record of the hearing and a supplemental clerk’s record containing the findings and conclusions. The transcribed record of the hearing, the courts findings and conclusions, and a videotape or compact disc, if any, containing a recording of the video teleconference were to be filed with the Clerk of this Court on or before January 6, 2014. To date, the court has not received the record or findings. Those records should be filed with the clerk of this court on or before February 18, 2014.

The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this Court’s active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this Court’s active docket when the trial court’s findings and recommendations are filed in this Court. The Court will also consider an appropriate motion to reinstate the appeal filed by either party. It is the responsibility of any party seeking reinstatement to request a hearing date from the trial court and to schedule a hearing in compliance with this Court’s order. If the parties do not request a hearing, the court coordinator of the trial court shall set a hearing date and notify the parties of such date.

It is so ORDERED.

PER CURIAM