Leonard Mornes v. State

Opinion

Order entered December 5, 2017

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-17-00289-CR

LEONARD MORNES, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 282nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F15-75949-S

ORDER We REINSTATE this appeal. On October 11, 2017, we abated this appeal and ordered the trial court to hold a hearing regarding the status of appellant’s brief. On November 22, 2017, we received the trial court’s findings. We ADOPT the trial court’s findings and recommendations that (1) appellant wants to pursue this appeal; and (2) appointed counsel Christian Souza has failed to file a brief due to his appellate docket workload and represents that he needs additional time. We ORDER appellant’s brief filed on or before JANUARY 12, 2018. We caution Mr. Souza that the failure to file a brief by that date will result in his removal from this appeal without further notice.

/s/ ADA BROWN JUSTICE