Opinion
05-21-00662-CR 05-21-00663-CR
04-18-2022
PHILLIP LYNN SCHWARTZKOPF, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 001-86990-2020 & 001-86991-2020
ORDER
ERIN A. NOWELL JUSTICE
We REINSTATE these appeals.
We abated for a hearing because appellant's brief, initially due on December 28, 2021, had not been filed. On April 7, 2022, the trial court held a hearing; the supplemental reporter's and clerk's record from that hearing have been filed. We ADOPT the trial court's findings that the appeals have not been abandoned and that appellant counsel will have the brief filed by April 30, 2022.
We ORDER appellant's brief filed by May 2, 2022. See Tex. R. App. P. 4.1. We caution appellate counsel that, should she fail to file a brief by that date, we will take whatever action we deem appropriate to ensure these appeals proceed in a more timely fashion, which may include removing counsel from the appeals and ordering the appointment of new counsel.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Corinne Mason, Presiding Judge, County Court at Law No. 1; and to counsel for all parties.