Order entered April 18, 2018
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-17-01469-CR
No. 05-17-01470-CR
VICTORIA IFEANYI ANWUZIA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law
Rockwall County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. CR16-0886 & CR16-0887
ORDER
Appellant timely filed pro se notices of appeal of the trial court’s November 29, 2017
judgments. Because the record did not reflect that appellate counsel had been appointed, we
abated these cases for a hearing to determine whether appellant was indigent and entitled to
court-appointed counsel. The trial court held a hearing and made findings of fact and
recommendations. We adopted the trial court’s findings that appellant: is not indigent; has not
retained counsel and does not wish to be represented by counsel; has been advised of the dangers
and disadvantages of self-representation; was adamant in preparing her own defense on appeal;
and was informed she would be required to request and pay for the preparation of the clerk’s
records and the reporter’s record in these appeals.
When the court reporter informed us that appellant had not paid or made arrangements to
pay for the reporter’s record, we directed appellant to provide written verification by February
10, 2018 that she had paid or made arrangements to pay for the reporter’s record. We cautioned
appellant that the failure to do so might result in the Court ordering the appeals submitted
without the reporter’s record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(c). Appellant did not respond, and the
reporter’s record was not filed. We then ordered the appeals submitted without a reporter’s
record and ordered appellant’s brief filed by March 22, 2018.
No brief was filed. We notified appellant by postcard dated March 26, 2018, instructing
her to file her brief and an extension motion no later than April 5, 2018. To date, no brief has
been filed and we have had no communication from appellant.
We ORDER appellant to file her brief by 5:00 p.m. on APRIL 27, 2018. If appellant
fails to file her brief by 5:00 p.m. on April 27, 2018, the Court will order her appeals submitted
without a brief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b)(4); Lott v. State, 874 S.W.2d 687, 688 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1994).
We DIRECT the Clerk to send a copy of this order (1) by certified mail, return receipt
requested, to Victoria Anwuzia, P.O. Box 861535, Plano, Texas 75086, and (2) by electronic
transmission to the Rockwall County District Attorney’s Office.
/s/ CRAIG STODDART
JUSTICE