Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2019

Ian Flemming Cone v. State

Ian Flemming Cone v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided August 8, 2019

Ian Flemming Cone v. State

Opinion

Abatement Order filed August 8, 2019

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-18-00674-CR ____________ IAN FLEMMING CONE, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 7 Travis County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. C-1-CR-17-500411 ABATEMENT ORDER Appellant appeals the adjudication of his guilt for theft. Appellant’s appointed counsel filed a brief in which she concludes the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978).

We disagree with appellate counsel’s conclusion that there are no arguable issues for appeal. See Anders, 386 U.S. at 744. By way of example, and without limitation, State’s exhibit 9 and the testimony of Manzy Lowry indicates the person who pawned the property at issue was white, but multiple documents in the clerk’s record indicate appellant is black. The Anders brief does not address this issue or its impact on the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support appellant’s conviction.

Accordingly, we abate the appeal and remand to the trial court with instructions to appoint other counsel and have a supplemental clerk’s record containing the appointment filed with the clerk of this court by September 9, 2019.

The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this court’s active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this court’s active docket when the trial court’s supplemental clerk’s record is filed with this court.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Christopher, Bourliot, and Zimmerer (Christopher, J., dissenting without opinion)

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