Opinion
04-24-00376-CR
09-03-2024
Dionne Jamichael JOHNSON, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
From the 144th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2020CR9697 Honorable Michael E. Mery, Judge Presiding.
ORDER
Lori Massey Brisset, Justice.
On July 9, 2024, Court Reporter Amy Hinds filed a notification of late record, stating that she could provide the reporter's record for Dionne Jamichael Johnson v. State of Texas by August 9, 2024. This court noted and granted her late record request. However, as of the date of this order, no reporter's record has been filed.
We order Court Reporter Amy Hinds to file her reporter's record in this court not later than FIFTEEN DAYS from the date of this order. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(c).
If the reporter's record is not filed as ordered, a show cause order may issue directing Amy Hinds to appear on a day certain and show cause why she should not be held in contempt for failing to file the record. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.3(c); see also Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 21.002 (authorizing contemnor punishment up to "a fine of not more than $500 or confinement in the county jail for not more than six months, or both such a fine and confinement in jail"); Johnson v. State, 151 S.W.3d 193, 195-96 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004) (noting the court's previous action holding a court reporter in contempt for "repeatedly fail[ing] to prepare and file the record" and "order[ing] him incarcerated . . . until the record was finished").
We direct the clerk of this court to cause a copy of this order to be served on Amy Hinds by certified mail, return receipt requested, with delivery restricted to addressee only, or give other personal notice of this order with proof of delivery.