Order entered December 22, 2016

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-16-01065-CR DONALD RAY GIPSON, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 6 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F15-55009-X ORDER We REINSTATE this appeal.

On December 8, 2016, we abated this appeal for a hearing on why the reporter’s record had not been filed. By letter dated December 21, 2016, court reporter Kelly Simmons informed the Court she had not been able to complete the record due to family medical issues and requested until December 29, 2016 to complete the reporter’s record. In the interest of expediting this appeal, we VACATE that portion of our order requiring a hearing and findings.

We GRANT court reporter Kelly Simmons’s request and ORDER the reporter’s record due no later than December 29, 2016.

/s/ ADA BROWN JUSTICE