Scottie Dwayne Hadnot v. the State of Texas

ORDER OF ABATEMENT AND REMAND

On October 21, 2010, the Court received notice from appellant, Scottie Dwayne Hadnot, that the reporter’s record in this case was incomplete in that it did not include the transcript from the hearing on appellant’s motion to suppress. Appellant’s counsel provided us a copy of a letter specifically addressed to the court reporter that was at the suppression hearing, Dawn Eaton, requesting that she prepare a supplemental reporter’s record containing the transcript of that hearing. On November 22, 2010, appellant notified this Court that he had still not received the supplemental reporter’s record nor any response from Eaton. As a result, this Court contacted the Official Court Reporter for the 30th District Court of Wichita County, Texas, Leslie C. Ryan-Hash, regarding the missing transcript. In response, Ryan-Hash sent a certified letter, return receipt requested, to Eaton requesting the preparation of the supplemental reporter’s record. On December 7, 2010, Ryan-Hash notified this Court that she had not received a response from Eaton concerning Ryan-Hash’s request for preparation of the supplemental record. A tracking search for this letter reflects that notice was left at the last known address of Eaton, but that the letter had not been picked up by Eaton.