Marquis Obrian White v. State

Opinion

Order entered January 7, 2014

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-13-00261-CR

No. 05-13-00262-CR

No. 05-13-00263-CR

No. 05-13-00264-CR

MARQUIS OBRIAN WHITE, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 291st Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. F12-56960-U, F13-57100-U, F12-71366-U, F13-71367-U

ORDER

On November 6, 2013, this Court ordered appellant to file his brief by December 13,

2013. We further warned that if the brief was not filed by that date, we would order appellant’s appointed attorney J. Daniel Oliphant removed and would order that new counsel be appointed. To date, appellant’s brief has not been filed.

Accordingly, we ORDER J. Daniel Oliphant removed as appellant’s appointed attorney in these cases.

We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in these appeals and to transmit the order appointing counsel to this Court within FIFTEEN DAYS of the date of this order.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the Honorable Jennifer Balido, Presiding Judge, 291st Judicial District Court; to J. Daniel Oliphant; and to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

We ABATE the appeals to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeals shall be reinstated fifteen days from the date of this order or when the order appointing new counsel is received.

/s/ DAVID EVANS

JUSTICE