Thomas B. Singer v. State

Opinion

Order entered October 21, 2014

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00236-CR

THOMAS B. SINGER, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Criminal Court No. 5 Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. MB07-49876F

ORDER

The Court REINSTATES the appeal.

On August 11, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why the reporter’s record has not been filed. We ADOPT the trial court’s findings that: (1) appellant desires to pursue the appeal; (2) appellant is not indigent and is represented by retained counsel; (3) counsel has not abandoned the appeal; (4) Charon Evans is the court reporter who recorded the proceedings; (5) the delay in filing the record was due to the request being made generally to the official court reporter of the County Criminal Court No. 5 rather than to a specific court reporter; (6) the official court reporter did not record the proceedings; and (7) Ms. Evans indicated she needed thirty days to prepare the record.

We GRANT Ms. Evans’s October 16, 2014 request for an extension of time to file the reporter’s record. We ORDER Ms. Evans to file the reporter’s record by NOVEMBER 20, 2014.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to Charon Evans, official court reporter, Criminal District Court No. 4; and to counsel for all parties.

/s/ CAROLYN WRIGHT

CHIEF JUSTICE