Simon Samuel Lopez, Jr. v. State

Order entered December 16, 2016

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-16-01024-CR

SIMON SAMUEL LOPEZ, JR., Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 219th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 380-80596-10 ORDER

Before the Court is appellant’s December 13, 2016 motion to withdraw as attorney and motion to extend time to file his brief.

We GRANT appellant’s motion to withdraw as appointed counsel on appeal. We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove Tim Avery as appointed counsel for the appeal.

We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant on 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 GRANT appellant’s motion to extend time to file his brief. Appellant’s brief shall be filed at a date to be determined after the trial court appoints new counsel and the appeal is reinstated.

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