Order entered April 2, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-01555-CR
No. 05-13-01556-CR
No. 05-13-01557-CR
THOMAS COREA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 7
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F12-00737-Y, F13-00406-Y, F13-00407-Y
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeals.
On March 4, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why the clerk’s
and reporter’s records had not been filed. On March 21, 2014, deputy court reporter Lisabeth
Kellett filed a request for a sixty-day extension of time to file the reporter’s record. On March
26, 2014, we received the clerk’s records. In the request, Ms. Kellett stated that John Helms,
appellant’s trial attorney who has been allowed to withdraw, had told her appellant would not
pursue the appeal. New counsel was appointed and appellant will pursue the appeal. The clerk’s
records contain orders appointing the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office as appellant’s new
counsel.
Accordingly, we DIRECT the Clerk to substitute the Dallas County Public Defender’s
Office as appellant’s appointed counsel in place of John Helms.
We GRANT Ms. Kellett’s March 21, 2014 request for an extension of time to file the
reporter’s record to the extent that we ORDER Sharon Hazlewood, official court reporter of the
Criminal District Court No. 7, and court reporter Lisabeth Kellett to coordinate with all other
court reporters who recorded proceedings in this case and to file the complete reporter’s record,
including all exhibits, within FORTY-FIVE DAYS of the date of this order.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to Sharon
Hazlewood, official court reporter, Criminal District Court No. 7; Lisabeth Kellett, official court
reporter, 203rd Judicial District Court; and to counsel for all parties.
/s/ DAVID EVANS
JUSTICE