Matthew Janssen v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
• Decided: January 7, 2026
• Docket: 07-25-00336-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-25-00336-CR

MATTHEW JANSSEN, APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

On Appeal from the 364th District Court Lubbock County, Texas Trial Court No. 2016-410,627, Honorable William R. Eichman II, Presiding

January 7, 2026 ORDER OF ABATEMENT AND REMAND Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Appellant, Matthew Janssen, proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial court’s

order denying his application for writ of habeas corpus. The clerk’s record has been filed,

but the reporter’s record remains outstanding due to Appellant’s failure to pay for its

preparation. Now pending before the Court is Appellant’s “Motion to Proceed Without

Reporter’s Record,” in which Appellant claims to be indigent and unable to pay for the

reporter’s record. Accordingly, we abate the appeal and remand the cause to the trial court to

determine the following:

1. whether Appellant still desires to prosecute this appeal;

2. whether Appellant is indigent;

3. whether Appellant is entitled to have the reporter’s record furnished without charge pursuant to Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.2; and

4. if Appellant is not entitled to have the reporter’s record furnished without charge, the date Appellant will make acceptable payment arrangements for the reporter’s record.

The trial court is also directed to enter such orders necessary to address the

aforementioned questions. So too shall it include its findings on those matters in a

supplemental record and cause that record to be filed with this Court by February 6, 2026.

It is so ordered.

Per Curiam

Do not publish.