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*0 FILE COPY *1 FILE COPY CAUSE NO. 12-15-00107-CR CAUSE NO. 12-15-00108-CR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT TYLER, TEXAS

CHRISTOPHER RAY OLIVAREZ, } APPEALED FROM 3RD DISTRICT

APPELLANT

V. } COURT IN AND FOR

THE STATE OF TEXAS, } ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

APPELLEE ORDER

Appellant is represented by Mr. Colin D. McFall, appointed counsel. On April 24, 2015,

this Court notified Appellant’s counsel that a Docketing Statement was to be filed and gave him

until May 4, 2015, to file it. T EX . R. A PP . P. 32.2. Thereafter, when no Docketing Statement was

filed, Appellant’s counsel was again notified on May 5, 2015, that the Docketing Statement was

past due and was given until May 15, 2015, to file a Docketing Statement. As of the date of this

Order, no satisfactory response has been received.

Pursuant to T EX . R. A PP . P. 32.2 it is ORDERED that the Honorable Bascom W. Bentley

III, Judge of the 3rd District Court of Anderson County, shall immediately conduct a hearing to

determine the cause of counsel’s failure to file the Docketing Statement and whether the

Appellant has abandoned the appeals.

It is FURTHER ORDERED that the trial court determine whether: (1) Appellant is

indigent and entitled to the appointment of counsel on appeal; (2) Appellant has sufficient funds

to retain counsel; or (3) Appellant desires to represent himself on appeal.

It is ADDITIONALLY ORDERED that once findings are made as to the above issues,

the trial court shall appoint counsel, give Appellant an appropriate deadline for retaining counsel,

or administer the appropriate warnings concerning the dangers of self-representation, in

accordance with its findings and the court shall also take necessary action to insure the prompt

filing of the Docketing Statement with this Court.

It is FINALLY ORDERED that a supplemental record containing the court’s findings of

fact and conclusions of law and any appropriate order(s) attendant thereto be certified to this

Court on or before June 18, 2015 .

WITNESS the Honorable James T. Worthen, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals, 12 th

Court of Appeals District of Texas, at Tyler.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT , at my office this the

19th day of May 2015, A.D.

CATHY S. LUSK, CLERK 12 TH COURT OF APPEALS By: ________________________________ Katrina McClenny, Chief Deputy Clerk