Opinion
NO. 14-13-00889-CR
04-15-2014
NOE GERARDO MORIN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 337th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1306502
ORDER
A jury convicted appellant of murder and assessed punishment at life in prison. Appellant's court-appointed counsel, Ellis McCullough, filed a brief in which he concludes the appeal is wholly frivolous and without merit. See Anders v. California., 386 U.S. 738 (1967). Counsel also filed a motion to withdraw from representing appellant.
On April 8, 2014, the trial court conducted a hearing and determined that counsel had not complied with the dictates of Anders v. California. The court appointed substitute counsel, Angela Cameron of the Harris County Public Defender's Office, to represent appellant in this appeal. Accordingly, we issue the following order:
We GRANT Ellis McCullough's motion to withdraw and substitute Angela Cameron as appellant's appointed counsel. We STRIKE the Anders brief filed in this court on March 10, 2014.
On April 9, 2014, appellant's newly appointed counsel, Angela Cameron, filed a motion asking that we reset the briefing schedule. We GRANT the motion. The new appellant's brief shall be due on or before May 15, 2014, subject to any extension of time that may be granted.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Donovan and Brown.