Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2012

Coley Jr., Tommy Willis v. State

Coley Jr., Tommy Willis v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided December 14, 2012

Coley Jr., Tommy Willis v. State

Opinion

Order issued December14, 2012

In The Tourt of Appratz JTifthi Diztrirt uf&'rxas at Dallas No. 05-11-01317-CR

TOMMY COLEY, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

ORDER Before Justices Richter, Lang-Miers, and Myers We REINSTATE this appeal. We VACATE our order of December 7, 2012 ordering the trial court to determine whether appellant's amended motion for new trial was filed before or after the court overruled appellant's original motion for new trial.

In his fourth issue on appeal, appellant contends the trial court should have held a hearing on his amended motion for new trial, styled "Second Motion for New Trial and Motion in Arrest of Judgment," filed on October 21, 2011. We agree. In this situation, the appropriate remedy is to abate the appeal and order the trial court to conduct a hearing on the amended motion for new trial.

Hobbs v. State, 298 S.W.3d 193, 203 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). Accordingly, we REMAND the case to the trial court and ORDER the trial court to conduct a hearing on appellant's amended motion for new trial. See Hobbs, 298 S.W.3d at 200-203 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009); see also Clarke v. State, 270 S.W.3d 573, 580-81 (Tex. Crim. App. 2008); State v. Moore, 225 S.W.3d 556, 568-570 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007). We further ORDER the trial court to transmit a supplemental reporter's record from the hearing and a supplemental clerk's record containing the order ruling on the amended motion for new trial to this Court within THIRTY (30) days of the date of this order.

This appeal is ABATED to allow the trial court to comply with the above orders. The appeal • shall be reinstated thirty (30) days from the date of this order or when the supplemental records are received, whichever is earlier.

LANA MYERS PRESIDIN'G JUSTICE

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