Order entered August 19, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-00978-CR
No. 05-13-00979-CR
ROY CURTIS STUART JR, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 7
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F13-52718-Y, F13-52719-Y
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeals.
On July 21, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why appellant’s
brief has not been filed in these appeals. We ADOPT the findings that: (1) appellant desires to
pursue the appeals; (2) appellant is indigent and represented by court-appointed counsel Riann
Moore; (3) Ms. Moore’s explanation for the delay in filing appellant’s brief is her workload; and
(4) Ms. Moore requested thirty days from the August 18, 2014 findings to file appellant’s brief.
We ORDER appellant to file his brief by SEPTEMBER 17, 2014. We note that
appellant was granted an extension of time to file the brief on May 2, 2014, and the appeal was
not abated for findings until July 21, 2014. Accordingly, no further extensions of time to file
appellant’s brief will be granted absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances. If appellant’s
brief is not filed by the date specified, we will order Riann Moore and the Dallas County Public
Defender’s Office removed as counsel and will order the trial court to appoint new counsel to
represent appellant on the appeals.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the
Honorable Michael Snipes, Presiding Judge, Criminal District Court No. 7; Katherine Drew,
Appellate-Chief, Dallas County Public Defender’s Office; Riann Moore, Dallas County Public
Defender’s Office; and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
/s/ CAROLYN WRIGHT
CHIEF JUSTICE