Order entered December 31, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00950-CR
THOMAS J. ELLIS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Criminal Court No. 3
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. MA13-70570-C
ORDER
We GRANT Nanette Hendrickson’s December 28, 2015 motion to withdraw as
appointed counsel on appeal. We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove Nanette
Hendrickson and the Dallas County Public Defender=s Office as appointed counsel for appellant.
We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal.
We ORDER the trial court to transmit a supplemental clerk=s record containing the order
appointing new counsel to this Court within FIFTEEN DAYS of the date of this order.
We ABATE the appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. We will
reinstate the appeal when we receive the order appointing new counsel.
/s/ LANA MYERS
JUSTICE
Thomas J. Ellis v. State
Combined Opinion