Opinion
No. 05-13-01759-CR
02-02-2015
NICHOLAS DAVIS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F12-58570-V
ORDER
This case was submitted December 16, 2014. On January 30, 2015, we received a motion from Lori Ordiway seeking to withdraw as appellant's counsel. We GRANT the motion and DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove Ms. Ordiway as appellant's appointed attorney of record.
We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal and to transmit to this Court, within TEN DAYS of the date of this order, the order appointing new counsel.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the Honorable Brandon Birmingham, Presiding Judge, 292nd Judicial District Court; Felicia Pitre, Dallas County District Clerk; Lori Ordiway; and the Dallas County District Attorney's Office.
We ABATE this appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal will be reinstated ten days from the date of this order or when the order appointing new counsel is received.
/s/ DAVID EVANS
PRESIDING JUSTICE