Jovonish Davoe Arnold v. State

Opinion

Order entered November 9, 2015

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-15-00482-CR

JOVONISH DAVOE ARNOLD, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 282nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F14-20106-S

ORDER The Court REINSTATES the appeal.

On October 5, 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 Jeffery

Buchwald; and (3) Mr. Buchwald requested forty-five days from the October 28, 2015 findings

to file appellant’s brief.

We note that appellant’s brief is more than three months overdue and Mr. Buchwald at no

time requested an extension of time from this Court to file the brief. Nevertheless, we ORDER

appellant to file his brief by DECEMBER 11, 2015. No further extensions will be granted. If

the brief is not filed by the date specified, the Court will utilize its available remedies to obtain the brief, which may include ordering that Jeffery Buchwald be removed as appellate counsel

and ordering the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant on appeal.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Amber Givens-

Davis, Presiding Judge, 282nd Judicial District Court, and to counsel for all parties.

/s/ ADA BROWN JUSTICE