Order entered November 3, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00006-CR
No. 05-15-00007-CR
No. 05-15-00008-CR
No. 05-15-00009-CR
GARY WAYNE BARNES SR., Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 3
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F80-16530-J, F81-01027-J, F81-01105-J, F81-02518-J
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeals.
On October 5, 2015, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why
appellant’s brief 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’s explanation for the delay in filing appellant’s brief is she had difficulty obtaining the
record from the original trial proceedings and her workload; and (4) counsel requested thirty
days from November 2, 2015 to file appellant’s brief.
We ORDER appellant to file his brief by DECEMBER 2, 2015. Because appellant has
already been granted one thirty-day extension of time to file his brief and the brief is now two
months overdue, no further extensions will be granted. If the brief is not filed by the date
specified, the Court will utilize the available remedies to obtain the brief, which may include
removing Nanette Hendrickson as appointed counsel and ordering the trial court to appoint new
counsel to represent appellant on these appeals.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to Nanette Hendrickson and the
Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
/s/ LANA MYERS
JUSTICE