Order entered May 16, 2013
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-12-00498-CR
No. 05-12-01447-CR
DENNIS EDWARD WILLIAMS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 7
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F08-35087-Y, F08-35085-Y
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeals.
The Court ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why appellant’s brief has not
been filed in these appeals. We ADOPT the findings that: (1) appellant desires to pursue the
appeals; (2) appellant is not indigent and is represented by retained counsel Jeff Buchwald; (3)
Mr. Buchwald has not abandoned the appeals; (4) Mr. Buchwald explained that there have been
numerous problems with missing portions of the record in both cases; (5) the two cases are
companions, but were filed in this Court several months apart; (6) Mr. Buchwald has been trying
to track down what appeared to be a missing hearing date from the reporter’s record; (7) the
court reporter indicated there were only two hearing dates on a motion to suppress, but the trial
court’s order indicates the trial court heard testimony over three days; (8) Mr. Buchwald
requested a supplemental clerk’s record to include a missing page from the trial court’s findings
of fact and conclusions of law; (9) Mr. Buchwald has now obtained the clerk’s and reporter’s
record from trial court no. F08-35085-Y (our 05-12-01447-CR), as well as complete findings of
fact and conclusions of law; and (10) Mr. Buchwald requested fifteen days from May 14, 2013
to file appellant’s brief in these cases.
We DIRECT the Clerk to list the above two appeals as companion cases on the Court’s
case management program.
We ORDER appellant to file his brief in these appeals within thirty (30) days from the
date of this order.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to
counsel for all parties.
/s/ DAVID EVANS
JUSTICE
Williams, Dennis Edward v. State
Combined Opinion