Lehman v. State

Full title: DONALD NOLAN LEHMAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

Date published: Apr 2, 2020

No. 05-19-01367-CR (Tex. App. Apr. 2, 2020)

Opinion

No. 05-19-01367-CR

04-02-2020

DONALD NOLAN LEHMAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 7 Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F18-76726-Y

ORDER

Before the Court is the March 31, 2020 motion of appellate counsel April Smith to withdraw as counsel. 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/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III

CHIEF JUSTICE