Matthew Lee Flowers v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-25-00352-CR

MATTHEW LEE FLOWERS, APPELLANT

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

On Appeal from the 31st District Court
Lipscomb County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1296, Honorable Steven R. Emmert, Presiding

February 3, 2026
ORDER OF ABATEMENT AND REMAND
Before PARKER, C.J., and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Appellant, Matthew Lee Flowers, proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial court’s

Order Denying Defendant’s Request Following DNA Testing pursuant to article 64 of the

Code of Criminal Procedure. The clerk’s record and reporter’s record were originally due

December 8, 2025, but remain outstanding due to Appellant’s failure to pay for their

preparation. Now pending before the Court is Appellant’s motion requesting a free

appellate record due to his claimed indigence.
Accordingly, we abate the appeal and remand the cause to the trial court to rule

on Appellant’s motion and determine (1) whether Appellant still desires to prosecute the

appeal, and (2) whether Appellant is entitled to have the clerk’s record and reporter’s

record furnished without charge pursuant to Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.2. See TEX.

CODE CRIM. PROC. art 64.05.

The trial court shall enter such orders necessary to address the aforementioned

questions. So too shall it include its findings on those matters in a clerk’s record and

cause that record to be filed with the Clerk of this Court by March 5, 2026.

It is so ordered.

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

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