Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2020

Keithion Dywane Derrick v. State

Keithion Dywane Derrick v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided March 12, 2020

Keithion Dywane Derrick v. State

Opinion

Order entered March 12, 2020

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-19-00477-CR KEITHION DYWANE DERRICK, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 203rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F15-25060-P ORDER We REINSTATE this appeal.

On March 2, 2020, we abated for a hearing because appellant’s brief was past due. The same day, appellate counsel April Smith filed a motion to withdraw.

We GRANT the motion and DIRECT the Clerk to remove April Smith as appellant’s counsel of record.

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 THIRTY DAYS of the date of this order.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Raquel Jones, Presiding Judge, 203rd Judicial District Court; to April Smith; and to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

We ABATE this 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

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