
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN





NO. 03-10-00228-CR


Dontez Peter Jones, Appellant

v.


The State of Texas, Appellee





FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 65594, HONORABLE JOE CARROLL, JUDGE PRESIDING



M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N
PER CURIAM
Appellant's brief was due June 24, 2010.  The brief has not been received and
appellant's appointed attorney, Scott K. Stevens, did not respond to this Court's notice that the brief
is overdue.
The appeal is abated.  The trial court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether
appellant desires to prosecute this appeal and, if so, whether the attorney it appointed to represent
appellant has abandoned the appeal.  Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2).  The court shall make appropriate
findings and recommendations.  If necessary, the court shall appoint substitute counsel who will
effectively represent appellant in this cause.  A record from this hearing, including copies of all
findings and orders and a transcription of the court reporter's notes, shall be forwarded to the Clerk
of this Court for filing as a supplemental record no later than forty-five days from the date of this
opinion.  Rule 38.8(b)(3).

Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Patterson and Henson
Abated
Filed:   September 29, 2010
Do Not Publish

