Order entered November 29, 2017
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-17-01151-CV
No. 05-17-01152-CV
No. 05-17-01153-CV
IN RE DALLAS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 204th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F17-75436-Q, F17-75468-Q, and F17-76382-Q
ORDER
Before Justices Lang, Brown, and Stoddart
Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we CONDITIONALLY GRANT IN PART
relator’s petition for writ of mandamus to the extent that we find that the trial court violated a
ministerial duty by failing to provide a reason for appointing other counsel on the record and/or
in a written order denying the appointment. We DENY relator’s petition for writ of mandamus
on all other grounds and DENY relator’s petition for writ of prohibition.
We ORDER the trial court to make a written ruling, within fifteen (15) days of the date
of this opinion, setting out its reason or reasons for appointing counsel other than the Dallas
County Public Defender’s Office to represent Emmanuel Kilpatrick in the underlying
proceedings.
We further ORDER the trial judge to file with this Court, within twenty-one (21) days of
the date of this order, a certified copy of its order(s) issued in compliance with this order and the
Court’s opinion of this date. Should the trial court fail to comply with this order, the writ will
issue.
/s/ DOUGLAS S. LANG
JUSTICE