IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-17-00272-CR TOMMY VILLAREAL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

From the 66th District Court Hill County, Texas Trial Court No. 38,366

REINSTATEMENT ORDER

This appeal was abated to the trial court on March 14, 2018 because appellant’s brief is overdue.

A supplemental clerk’s record was filed on March 26, 2018 containing the trial court’s findings. The trial court found that retained counsel for appellant was “derelict in not filing an appellate brief within the extended time period afforded to him” and “[t]here was no reasonable excuse provided by the retained counsel for failing to file the appellate brief….” The trial court ordered, and recommended that this Court order, counsel to file appellant’s brief no later than April 9, 2018.

Accordingly, this appeal is reinstated, and appellant’s brief is due April 9, 2018.

Appellant’s motion for extension of time to file his brief, filed after the appeal was abated, is dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins Appeal reinstated; motion dismissed as moot Order issued and filed April 4, 2018

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