Order entered December 30, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00593-CR
JOSE LOZANO, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 194th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F12-31495-M
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeal.
On October 27, 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 reporter’s 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 requires forty-five days from the December 19, 2014
findings to file the record.
We ORDER Belinda Baraka to file the reporter’s record by 4:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY
2, 2015. We note the record is already four months overdue, the appeal was abated for two
months awaiting the trial court’s findings, and at no time did Ms. Baraka communicate with the
Court regarding the status of the record. Accordingly, if the complete reporter’s record is not
filed by the date and time specified, we will order that she not sit as a court reporter until she has
filed the record 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/ ADA BROWN
JUSTICE