TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00514-CR

Teodoro Sosa, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 167TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-DC-05-300497, HONORABLE MICHAEL LYNCH, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant’s brief was due December 10, 2007. The brief has not been received, no extension of time has been requested, and appellant’s retained attorney, Leonard Martinez, 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 whether retained counsel has abandoned the appeal.

Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2). The court shall make appropriate findings and recommendations. 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 April 11, 2008. Rule 38.8(b)(3).

__________________________________________ Diane Henson, Justice Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Henson Abated Filed: March 12, 2008 Do Not Publish