Opinion
No. 05-15-00051-CR
11-10-2015
LUCAS LEONARDO PERILLA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 380th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 380-80963-2013
ORDER
The Court has before it the November 9, 2015 motion of Craig Price to withdraw as appellant's counsel. Mr. Price states that he has accepted a job with the Grayson County District Attorney's Office and can no longer represent appellant on this case. The case is set for submission without argument on December 9, 2015. We GRANT the motion and DIRECT the Clerk to remove Craig Price as appellant's appointed attorney of record.
We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant on this appeal and to transmit the order appointing new counsel to this Court by NOVEMBER 16, 2015.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Benjamin Smith, Presiding Judge, 380th Judicial District Court; Craig Price; and Andrea Westerfeld.
We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. We will reinstate the appeal on November 16, 2015 or when the order appointing counsel is received.
/s/ MOLLY FRANCIS
PRESIDING JUSTICE