Order entered April 8, 2021
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-00218-CR
EX PARTE DEMOND WAYLON JONES
On Appeal from the 380th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 380-83350-2020
ORDER
The Court has filed appellant’s notice of appeal from the trial court’s order
denying relief on his pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus. This is an
accelerated appeal and is governed by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 31.
Although appellant has trial counsel in the proceedings below, he has filed
his notice of appeal pro se and has requested that the trial court appoint separate
appellate counsel for his appeal of the trial court’s habeas ruling. If the trial court
appoints appellate counsel, new counsel is ORDERED to file a notice of
appearance with the Court within TEN DAYS of appointment.
We ORDER the trial court to prepare a certification of appellant’s right to
appeal and to file it with the clerk’s record.
We ORDER the C o l l i n County District Clerk to file the clerk’s record
by April 23, 2021. We ORDER that the clerk’s record contain copies of the
charging instrument, any documents related to bond conditions or bond
proceedings, the application for writ of habeas corpus, any response to the writ
application filed by the State, any other documents related to the writ application,
the trial court’s order ruling on the writ application, any findings of fact on the writ
application that the trial court has entered, the certification of appellant’s right to
appeal, and any other documents filed with the clerk that the parties request.
We ORDER the court reporter to file, by April 23, 2021, either the
reporter’s record of the hearing on the writ application or written verification that
no hearing was conducted.
We ORDER appellant’s brief filed by May 14, 2021. We ORDER the
State to file its brief by June 4, 2021.
If appellant desires to file a reply brief, it must be filed within ten days after
the filing of the State’s brief. After the record and briefs are filed, the Court will
notify the parties by letter of the submission date and panel.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable
Benjamin N. Smith, Presiding Judge, 380th Judicial District Court; Karla
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Kimbrell, official court reporter, 380th Judicial District Court; Lynne Finley,
Collin County District Clerk; Demond Waylon Jones; and counsel for the State.
/s/ LANA MYERS
JUSTICE
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