Hilton v. State

ORDER

We have before the Court a motion to abate appeal and to order a hearing. Appellant was indicted on the offense of aggravated sexual assault. After pleading not guilty to a jury, a verdict of guilty of the lesser included offense of sexual assault was returned and the appellant was sentenced to 33 years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and was fined $4,000. Sentence was entered August 27, 1993. On September 15, 1993, appellant’s trial counsel filed a motion for new trial and subsequently filed a motion to withdraw as counsel for…