Opinion
No. 05-19-00851-CR
03-13-2020
DESMOND RENARD FISHER, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 7 Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F19-00024-Y
ORDER
Before the Court is April Smith's March 2, 2020 motion to withdraw as counsel for appellant. 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 Chika Anyiam, Presiding Judge, Criminal District Court No. 7; 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/ CORY L. CARLYLE
JUSTICE