Essie D. Hopkins v. State

Opinion

Order entered January 21, 2015

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00146-CR

ESSIE D. HOPKINS, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 291st Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F-1355764-U

ORDER The Court GRANTS Lori Ordiway’s January 20, 2015, motion to permit current

appointed counsel to withdraw on appeal, and we DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove her

as appellant’s attorney of record.

We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant. We further

ORDER the trial court to transmit a supplemental clerk’s record containing the appointment of

new counsel to this Court within ten (10) days.

We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal will

be reinstated ten (10) days from the date of this order or when the order appointing new counsel

is received. The appeal remains set for submission on March 24, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. on the briefs

previously filed.

/s/ DOUGLAS S. LANG JUSTICE