Abatement Order filed June 3, 2014




                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                                NO. 14-14-00177-CR
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                 MELVIN EUGENE FLETCHER, Appellant

                                        V.

                      THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee


                   On Appeal from the 185th District Court
                           Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 1376099

                            ABATEMENT ORDER

      Appellant is not represented by counsel on appeal. Appellant has requested
appointment of counsel. This court is unaware whether appellant is entitled to
appointment of counsel and to proceed without the payment of costs. Accordingly,
we enter the following order.

      We ORDER the judge of the 185th District Court to immediately conduct a
hearing at which appellant and counsel for the State shall be present to determine
whether appellant desires to prosecute his appeal, and, if so, whether appellant is
indigent and, thus entitled to appointed counsel and a free record. The judge shall
appoint appellate counsel for appellant, if necessary. The judge shall see that a
record of the hearing is made, shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law,
and shall order the trial clerk to forward a record of the hearing and a supplemental
clerk’s record containing the findings and conclusions. Those records shall be
filed with the clerk of this court on or before July 3, 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.



                                   PER CURIAM
