Order entered October 21, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00821-CR
TIMOTHY JAMES TAYLOR, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 366th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 366-80945-2012
ORDER
This appeal has been pending since June 25, 2014. On July 28, 2015, appellate counsel
filed a motion to withdraw and an Anders brief in support. The record has been made available
to appellant to file a pro se response. The Court now has before it appellant’s October 19, 2015
pro se motion for discovery. He is seeking the jury charges and jury notes.
Upon review of the clerk’s record, we note that it does not contain the jury charge for
either the guilt phase or the punishment phase, nor does it contain the verdict forms. The Court
cannot determine whether there were any notes from the jury and responses from the trial court.
We further note that the Anders brief filed by counsel does not address the jury charges or
verdicts, the pretrial motions that were filed and any rulings on them, and only briefly addresses
voir dire. Accordingly, we conclude the brief does not comply with the requirements of Anders
v. California, and we STRIKE the Anders brief filed on July 28, 2015.
We will treat appellant’s pro se motion as one to supplement the record. We GRANT
the motion. We ORDER the Collin County District Clerk to file, within FIFTEEN DAYS of the
date of this order, a supplemental record containing the jury charges for the guilt and punishment
phases, and their respective verdicts, and any notes from the jury and responses thereto.
We ORDER appellate counsel Pamela Lakatos to file, within FORTY-FIVE DAYS of
the date of this order, an amended brief that either raises issues on the merits or an Anders brief
that addresses the deficiencies noted herein and fully complies with the requirements of Anders.
We further ORDER that the amended brief identify all children named in it by their initials only.
The Court will defer any determination of whether appellant will be provided a copy of
the supplemental clerk’s record until the amended brief is filed. If the amended brief is an
Anders brief, the Court will reset the deadline for appellant’s pro se response at that time.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to Andrea Stroh Thompson, Collin
County District Clerk; Pamela Lakatos; and the Collin County District Attorney’s Office.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send a copy of this order, by first-class mail, to Timothy
Taylor, TDCJ No. 01938359, Telford Unit, 3899 State Hwy 98, New Boston, TX 75570.
/s/ ADA BROWN
JUSTICE