Opinion
NO. 14-19-00352-CR
09-10-2020
ELIC MILTON LYMAN, SR., Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 239th District Court Brazoria County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 83696-CR
ABATEMENT ORDER
Appellant was convicted of four counts of aggravated sexual of a child and sentenced to prison for thirty-five years. Counsel has filed an Anders brief on appeal. Appellant has been unable to file a pro se response due to the closure of the law library because of COVID-19 and seeks additional time to respond. See Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 512 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (Recognizing a defendant is to be afforded the opportunity to file a pro se response). Accordingly, we enter the following order.
See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this court's active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this court's active docket when appellant's prose response is filed. The court also will consider an appropriate motion to reinstate the appeal filed by either party, or the court may reinstate the appeal on its own motion.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Wise and Bourliot.