Order entered September 18, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00214-CR
ANTHONY TERRENCE SMITH, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F12-71255-V
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeal.
On September 3, 2014, the Court ordered appellate counsel William Barr removed as
counsel due to his failure to comply with this Court’s order to file appellant’s brief by August 18,
2014. The Court has not yet received the trial court’s order appointing new counsel. The Court
now has before it Mr. Barr’s September 17, 2014 motion to rescind the order removing him as
counsel and to accept the brief tendered on September 17, 2014.
We note that appellant’s brief was originally due May 29, 2014, and the appeal had
already been abated once for findings regarding why the brief had not been filed. The Court
does not approve of Mr. Barr’s failure to comply with this Court’s orders or to follow the proper
procedure for seeking an extension of time to file appellant’s brief. Nevertheless, in the interest
of expediting the appeal, we GRANT the motion to reinstate William Barr and VACATE the
September 3, 2014 order removing William Barr as appellant’s attorney of record.
We DIRECT the Clerk to list William Barr as appellant’s attorney of record.
We GRANT the extension motion and ORDER appellant’s brief filed as of the date of
this order.
/s/ CAROLYN WRIGHT
CHIEF JUSTICE