TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-05-00477-CR

Arthur Johnson, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 3040759, HONORABLE FRED A. MOORE, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The motion to withdraw filed by appellant’s appointed counsel on appeal, Mr. Gary Taylor, is granted.1 The appeal is abated for the district court to immediately appoint substitute counsel. A copy of the order appointing substitute counsel shall be forwarded to this Court no later than August 31, 2005.

__________________________________________ Bea Ann Smith, Justice Before Justices B. A. Smith, Puryear and Pemberton Filed: August 26, 2005 Do Not Publish

Counsel has been employed as a federal public defender in Nevada and is closing his practice.