Henry Lee Carey v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
Order entered September 21, 2021
In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-00565-CR No. 05-21-00566-CR
HENRY LEE CAREY, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 1 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. F19-55133-H & F19-10416-H
ORDER
Although the clerk’s records in the above appeals were filed August 5, 2021,
appellate counsel Christian Souza filed a “motion to supplement the record on
appeal and hold briefing schedule in abeyance” asking for supplemental clerk’s
records with file-stamped and complete copies of the “Notice of State’s Intention
to Enhance the Range of Punishment” filed in each case. We ordered the district
clerk to file supplemental clerk’s records or written verification that the documents
appellant seeks to have filed do not exist. To date, the district clerk is still working on locating such copies. In the meantime, Mr. Souza has filed a motion to
withdraw as appellate counsel, citing an apparent conflict of interest.
In light of the above, we ORDER the trial court to hold a hearing to
determine the following:
• The trial court shall first determine whether appellant desires to prosecute these appeals. If the trial court determines that appellant does not desire to prosecute the appeals, it shall make a finding to that effect.
• If appellant desires to prosecute these appeals, the trial court shall then appoint appellate counsel to represent appellant and cause a copy of the appointment to be filed with this Court.
• The trial court shall determine whether the documents entitled “Notice of State’s Intention to Enhance the Range of Punishment” were filed and if so, whether file-stamped copies with complete headers exist. If they do exist, the trial court shall cause the district clerk to file a supplemental clerk’s record in each appeal with a file-stamped copy.
• If the “Notice of State’s Intention to Enhance the Range of Punishment” documents were filed but no copies of file-stamped complete-header documents exist, the trial court shall determine if the parties can agree on copies that accurately duplicate the originals and if so, cause the same to be filed in supplemental clerk’s records.
We ORDER the Dallas County District Clerk to transmit a record
containing the trial court’s written findings of fact, if any, the trial court’s orders
and/or appointments, and any supporting documentation to this Court within
THIRTY DAYS of the date of this order. We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Tina
Clinton, Presiding Judge, Criminal District Court No. 1; Dallas County District
Clerk Felicia Pitre; and counsel for all parties.
We ABATE these appeals to allow the trial court to comply with this order.
The appeals shall be reinstated when the findings and appointments are received or
when the Court determine it appropriate to do so.
/s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE
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