Opinion
No. 05-19-01370-CR
11-21-2019
On Appeal from the 265th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F11-72399-R
ORDER
Appellant timely filed his notice of appeal on October 31, 2019, and the record is due December 14, 2019. Before the Court is counsel's November 18, 2019 motion to withdraw. We GRANT the motion and DIRECT the Clerk to remove J. Craig Jett 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 Jennifer Bennett, Presiding Judge, 265th Judicial District Court; to J. Craig Jett; and to the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, Appellate Division.
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/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III
CHIEF JUSTICE