Order entered November 4, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00725-CR
CRAIG LADARIUS THOMAS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 283rd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F11-70706-T
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeal.
On October 16, 2014, 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 Bruce
Kaye; (3) the record was incomplete because it did not contain a copy of appellant’s letter; (4)
the letter from appellant is included in the supplemental clerk’s record with the findings and (5) a
supplemental clerk’s record was filed that contains a corrected judgment. Because appellant’s
brief was originally due on August 9, 2014 and counsel has already been granted two extensions
of time to file the brief, we DO NOT ADOPT the finding that counsel should be given an
additional forty-five days to file appellant’s brief.
We ORDER appellant to file his brief within TWENTY-ONE DAYS of the date of this
order. No further extensions will be granted. If the brief is not filed by that date, the Court will
utilize the available remedies to obtain appellant’s brief, which may include ordering that Bruce
Kaye 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, by electronic transmission, to the
Honorable Rick Magnis, Presiding Judge, 283rd Judicial District Court, and to counsel for all
parties.
/s/ ADA BROWN
JUSTICE