Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2014

John Anthony Margetis v. State

John Anthony Margetis v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided September 26, 2014

John Anthony Margetis v. State

Opinion

Order entered September 26, 2014

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00898-CR JOHN ANTHONY MARGETIS, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the County Criminal Court No. 9 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. MB12-51720-K ORDER The Court REINSTATES the appeal.

On August 28, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why the reporter’s record has not been filed. We ADOPT the findings that: (1) appellant desires to pursue the appeal; (2) appellant will represent himself on appeal; (3) Sandra Morelan is the court reporter who recorded the proceedings; (4) before September 24, 2014, there was on written request for the reporter’s record; (5) Ms. Morelan had not filed the reporter’s record because appellant had not paid for it; (5) the trial court has found appellant indigent for purposes of obtaining the reporter’s record; (6) Ms. Morelan can file the record within thirty days of the September 25, 2014 findings.

We ORDER Sandra Morelan to file the complete reporter’s record by OCTOBER 30, 2014.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send a copy of this order, by first-class mail, to John Anthony Margetis, 1290 Eastgate Drive, Midlothian, Texas 75065.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to Sandra Morelan, official court reporter, County Criminal Court No. 9, and to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

/s/ ADA BROWN JUSTICE

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