Jason Latroy Leonard v. State

Opinion

Order entered September 19, 2013

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-12-01575-CR

JASON LATROY LEONARD, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 401st Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 401-82469-2011

ORDER

The Court REINSTATES the appeal.

On August 21, 2013, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why appellant’s brief had 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 Stephanie Hudson; (3) Ms. Hudson’s explanation for the delay in filing the brief is her workload; and (4) Ms. Hudson indicated she would file appellant’s brief by September 16, 2013.

We have received the electronic copy of appellant’s brief and we ORDER it filed as of the date of this order.

We ORDER counsel to deliver to the Court, by SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 the required paper copies of appellant’s brief.

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

/s/ DAVID EVANS

JUSTICE