Order entered July 17, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-01640-CR
STEVE ACOSTA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 194th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F13-55987-M
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeal.
On April 22, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why the
reporter’s record 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; (3)
counsel timely requested preparation of the record; (4) Belinda Baraka is the court reporter who
recorded the proceedings; (5) Ms. Baraka’s explanation for the delay in filing the record is her
workload; and (6) Ms. Baraka requested until August 1, 2014 to file the reporter’s record.
We ORDER Belinda Baraka, official court reporter of the 194th Judicial District Court,
to file the reporter’s record in this appeal by AUGUST 1, 2014. Because the record is now four
months overdue, no further extensions will be granted. If the record is not filed by the date
specified, the Court will order that Belinda Baraka not sit as a court reporter until the record is
filed in this appeal.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the
Honorable Ernest White, Presiding Judge, 194th Judicial District Court; Belinda Baraka, official
court reporter, 194th Judicial District Court; and to counsel for all parties.
/s/ LANA MYERS
JUSTICE