Alice Annette Steele v. State

Opinion

Order entered January 27, 2014

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-13-00930-CR

ALICE ANNETTE STEELE, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 194th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. F08-45120-M

ORDER

The Court REINSTATES the appeal.

On January 13, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why the clerk’s and reporter’s records have not been filed. We ADOPT the findings that: (1) appellant desires to pursue the appeal; (2) appellant is indigent and represented by court-appointed counsel; (3) counsel made timely requests for preparation of the records; (4) Belinda Baraka is the court reporter who recorded the proceedings; (5) Ms. Baraka’s explanation for the delay in filing the record is her workload; (6) Ms. Baraka stated she could file the record within thirty days of the January 21, 2014 findings; and (7) the clerk’s record can be filed within thirty days of the January 21, 2014 findings.

We received the clerk’s record on January 23, 2014.

We ORDER court reporter Belinda Baraka to file the reporter’s record by FEBRUARY 20, 2014. No further extensions will be granted.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to Belinda Baraka, official court reporter, 194th Judicial District Court, and to counsel for all parties.

/s/ DAVID EVANS

JUSTICE