Order entered January 15, 2015




                                              In The
                                  Court of Appeals
                           Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                       No. 05-14-00884-CR

                        RACHEAL MEACHELL MATHEWS, Appellant

                                                 V.

                              THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                        On Appeal from the 380th Judicial District Court
                                     Collin County, Texas
                            Trial Court Cause No. 380-82553-2013

                                             ORDER
       The reporter’s record is overdue in this appeal. We also note that the Court has not

received the trial court’s certification of appellant’s right to appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a),

(d); Cortez v. State, 420 S.W.3d 803 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013).

       Accordingly, we ORDER the trial court to make findings of fact regarding whether

appellant has been deprived of the reporter’s record because of ineffective counsel, indigence, or

for any other reason.

      The trial court shall first determine whether appellant desires to prosecute the appeal. If
       the trial court determines that appellant does not desire to prosecute the appeal, it shall
       make a finding to that effect.

      If the trial court determines that appellant desires to prosecute the appeal, it shall next
       determine whether appellant is indigent and entitled to proceed without payment of costs
       for the reporter’s record. If appellant is entitled to proceed without payment of costs, the
           trial court shall make a finding to that effect. Moreover, if appellant is indigent, the trial
           court is ORDERED to take such measures as may be necessary to assure effective
           representation, which may include appointment of new counsel. If the trial court finds
           appellant is not indigent, it shall determine whether retained counsel has abandoned the
           appeal.

          The trial court shall next determine: (1) the name and address of each court reporter who
           recorded the proceedings in this cause; (2) the court reporter’s explanation for the delay
           in filing the reporter’s record; and (3) the earliest date by which the reporter’s record can
           be filed.

           We ORDER the trial court to transmit a record, containing the written findings of fact,

any supporting documentation, and any orders, to this Court within THIRTY DAYS of the date

of this order. We further ORDER that the trial court prepare a certification of appellant’s right

to appeal that accurately reflects the trial court proceedings for inclusion in the supplemental

record with the findings.

           We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the

Honorable Benjamin Smith, Presiding Judge, 380th Judicial District Court, and to counsel for all

parties.

           The appeal is ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal

shall be reinstated thirty days from the date of this order or when the findings are received,

whichever is earlier.

                                                          /s/    ADA BROWN
                                                                 JUSTICE
