Opinion
05-21-00467-CR
11-14-2022
JULIO CESAR SOTO-GALVAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 354th District Court Hunt County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 32930CR
Before Justices Nowell, Smith, and RosenbergORDER
BARBARA ROSENBERG JUSTICE, ASSIGNED
Before the Court is attorney Jason A. Duff's motion to withdraw as court-appointed counsel for appellant Julio Cesar Soto-Galvan.
Based on the Court's opinion of this date, we GRANT the motion of Jason A. Duff to withdraw as counsel for appellant.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove Jason A. Duff as counsel for appellant.
We STRIKE the brief filed by Jason A. Duff in this case.
We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal and to transmit a supplemental clerk's record including the order appointing new counsel to this Court within FIFTEEN DAYS of the date of this order.
Once appointed, new appellate counsel shall investigate the record and within THIRTY days of the date of appointment either (1) file a brief that addresses any and all grounds that might arguably support the appeal or (2) if a thorough and professional review of the record identifies no such arguable issues, file an Anders brief that complies with the requirements of Anders and its progeny.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send copies of this order to: (1) the Honorable Keli Aiken, Presiding Judge, 354th Judicial District Court; (2) Jason A. Duff; (3) the Hunt County District Attorney's Office; and (4) appellant Julio Cesar Soto-Galvan, BIN 19-1376, Hunt County Jail, 2801 Stuart Street, Greenville, Texas 75401.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove this case from the submission docket.
We ABATE this appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal shall be reinstated when the order appointing new counsel is received or the Court deems it appropriate to do so.