Barbara Kennedy Ward v. State

Opinion

Order entered January 23, 2015

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00954-CR

BARBARA KENNEDY WARD, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. F09-73060-V

ORDER

The Court REINSTATES the appeal.

On January 20, 2015, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why appellant’s brief has 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 Riann Moore; (3) Ms. Moore’s explanation for the delay in filing appellant’s brief is that she “is still working on it”; and (4) Ms. Moore represented that she anticipates filing the brief within before the thirty-day period provided by the January 20, 2015 abatement order expires.

We ORDER appellant to file his brief by FEBRUARY 19, 2015. No further extensions will be granted absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to counsel for all parties.

/s/ ADA BROWN

JUSTICE