                           NUMBER 13-13-00640-CR

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JOSE TORRES JR.,                                                          Appellant,

                                          v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                 Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 404th District Court
                  of Cameron County, Texas.
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                         ORDER OF ABATEMENT
  Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Longoria
                          Order Per Curiam

      Appellant, Jose Torres Jr., has filed a notice of appeal with this Court from his

conviction in trial court cause number 2012-DCR-1236-G. The trial court's certification

of the defendant's right to appeal shows that the defendant does not have the right to

appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2).
       On November 25, 2013, we ordered appellant's counsel, Juan Jose Martinez, to,

within thirty days, review the record and advise this Court as to whether appellant has a

right to appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 44.3, 44.4. No response to this Court's order has

been received. Therefore, we ABATE this appeal and REMAND this cause to the trial

court for a hearing to determine why counsel has failed to comply with this Court's order.

The trial court's findings and conclusions shall be included in a supplemental clerk's

record. The trial court shall file the supplemental clerk's record and reporter's record, if

any, with the Clerk of this Court within thirty days of the date of this order.

       If the trial court determines that counsel is unable to represent appellant in this

matter, the trial court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether appellant desires to

prosecute the appeal, whether appellant is indigent, and whether appellant is entitled to

appointed counsel. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 83-84 (1988); Stafford v. State,

813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). We further direct the trial court to issue

findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding these issues. Should the trial court find

that appellant desires to pursue this appeal, is indigent, and is entitled to appointed

counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel. If counsel is appointed, the name, address,

telephone number, and state bar number of said counsel shall be included in the trial

court's findings of fact and conclusions of law.

                                                   PER CURIAM

Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the
12th day of February, 2014.


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