Order entered July 16, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00089-CR
JAY SANDON COOPER, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
Grayson County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2011-2-1391
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES this appeal.
On June 25, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding counsel’s and
appellant’s status on this appeal. We ADOPT the findings that: (1) Mr. Rick Dunn was
appointed to represent appellant through trial; (2) Mr. Dunn filed a motion to withdraw on
January 27, 2014 and the trial court granted the motion on February 17, 2014; (3) appellant has
not applied for court-appointed counsel on appeal; (4) appellant stated he wanted to represent
himself on appeal; (5) appellant was advised of his right to apply for appellate counsel, but
appellant declined to do so; (6) the trial court admonished appellant regarding the dangers and
disadvantages of self-representation; and (7) after receiving the court’s admonition, appellant
reaffirmed his desire to represent himself on appeal.
Moreover, we ADOPT the finding from the trial court’s July 3, 2014 order that appellant
has not been denied permission to access the clerk’s record in the manner that all other persons
are permitted access, and that the manner of access available to appellant is sufficient.
We ORDER the Clerk of the Court to remove Mr. Rick Dunn as appellate counsel and
show appellant is proceeding pro se. We ORDER the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this
order to appellant by electronic transmission to the email address on file.
We ORDER appellant to file the brief within THIRTY (30) DAYS from the date of this
order.
/s/ DAVID EVANS
JUSTICE