Thomas J. Ellis v. State

Order entered December 31, 2015

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-15-00950-CR

THOMAS J. ELLIS, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Criminal Court No. 3 Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. MA13-70570-C ORDER

We GRANT Nanette Hendrickson’s December 28, 2015 motion to withdraw as appointed counsel on appeal. We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove Nanette Hendrickson and the Dallas County Public Defender=s Office as appointed counsel for appellant.

We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal. We ORDER the trial court to transmit a supplemental clerk=s record containing the order appointing new counsel to this Court within FIFTEEN DAYS of the date of this order.

We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. We will reinstate the appeal when we receive the order appointing new counsel.

/s/ LANA MYERS JUSTICE