Order entered May 9, 2022
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-00662-CR
No. 05-21-00663-CR
PHILLIP LYNN SCHWARTZKOPF, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. 001-86990-2020 & 001-86991-2020
ORDER
Before the Court is appellant’s May 2, 2022 motion to abate these appeals.
In the motion, retained appellate counsel states she has thoroughly reviewed the
records in these appeals and researched potential issues but has been unable to
identify any viable issues. Counsel accurately states she cannot file an Anders brief
because she is retained but asks for a fourteen-day abatement to allow appellant
time to decide how he wishes to proceed.
We GRANT the motion. We ORDER appellate counsel to inform the Court
of appellant’s decision and/or the status of these appeals BY MAY 27, 2022.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable
Corinne Mason, Presiding Judge, County Court at Law No. 1; and to counsel for
all parties.
We ABATE these appeals. The appeals will be reinstated on May 27, 2022
or when the Court deems it appropriate to do so.
/s/ ERIN A. NOWELL
JUSTICE