John F. Seay v. State ( 2018 )

Order entered December 3, 2018 In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-00362-CR No. 05-18-00363-CR No. 05-18-00364-CR JOHN F. SEAY, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the 203rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. F17-44837-P, F17-44838-P & F17-44846-P ORDER We REINSTATE these appeals. We abated these appeals for a hearing to determine whether appellant should be entitled to represent himself on appeal. The trial court held a hearing and made findings of fact. We ADOPT the trial court’s findings that (1) appellant appeared and indicated he wished to represent himself pro se; (2) appellant’s waiver of appointed counsel was made competently, voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently; (3) after the trial court admonished appellant on the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation on appeal, appellant appeared fully aware of the same; and (4) appellant is capable of representing himself in a manner that will not harm the interests of himself or the State and appellant’s self-representation can be accomplished without obstructing the orderly procedure of his appeals or without interfering with the fair administration of justice. We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to REMOVE Bruce Anton as appellant’s appointed counsel. Appellant is now representing himself pro se. All future correspondence, including a copy of this order, shall be sent to John Seay, 1822 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75201. Appellant’s brief is DUE thirty days from the date of this order. /s/ LANA MYERS JUSTICE