Jermaine John Scott v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 18, 2017
• Docket: 05-16-01494-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order entered July 18, 2017

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-16-01494-CR

JERMAINE JOHN SCOTT, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 265th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F15-75578-R

ORDER Before the Court is appellate counsel’s July 17, 2017 motion to withdraw. The motion

states that counsel must withdraw because of a conflict of interest, specifically having

represented a State’s witness in the case.

We GRANT the July 17 motion. Christian T. Souza is REMOVED as counsel of record

for appellant.

We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal.

We further ORDER the trial court to transmit to this Court, within THIRTY DAYS of the date

of this order, a supplemental clerk’s record with the order appointing new counsel. We ABATE this appeal to allow the trial court to comply with the above order. The

appeal shall be reinstated thirty days from the date of this order or when the supplemental clerk’s

record containing the order appointing new counsel is filed, whichever is earlier.

/s/ LANA MYERS JUSTICE