James Shelly Taylor v. the State of Texas ( 2022 )

Order entered December 14, 2022 In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-22-00193-CR JAMES SHELLY TAYLOR, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F1830705 ORDER The Court REINSTATES the appeal. On November 3, 2022, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why appellant’s brief has not been filed. We ADOPT the trial court’s findings that: Appellant desires to prosecute the appeal and has not abandoned the appeal; appellant is indigent; Counsel’s explanation for the delay in filing appellant’s brief is personal issues; and (4) counsel indicated she would tender the brief within the next fourteen days after the December 1, 2022 hearing in the trial court. We ORDER appellant to file his brief within FIFTEEN DAYS of the date of this order. /s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE