Dismissed and Opinion Filed July 20, 2016 

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In The 

Court of Appeals 

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas 

No. 05-15-01383-CR 

JAVONTA MCCHEL WILLIAMS, Appellant 

V. 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee 

On Appeal from the 203rd Judicial District Court 

Dallas County, Texas 

Trial Court Cause No. F14-75534-P 

MEMORANDUM OPINION 

Before Chief Justice Wright, Justice Myers, and Justice Brown 

Opinion by Chief Justice Wright 

Javonta Mcchel Williams was charged with aggravated assault, family violence, with a 

deadly weapon by shooting the complainant with whom he had a dating relationship. After 

finding him guilty as charged, the jury assessed punishment at life in prison. 

Judgment was entered October 22, 2015, and appellant filed a timely notice of appeal. In 

January 2016, when no reporter’s record had been filed, this Court abated the case and ordered 

the trial court to determine whether appellant desired to prosecute the appeal and if so, why the 

reporter’s record had not been filed. Shortly thereafter, appellant filed a letter informing the 

Court that he had timely filed a motion for new trial which had been granted as to punishment 

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By order dated February 2, 2016, we reinstated the case and ordered appellant to file 

either a motion to dismiss or a motion to abate the appeal until appellant had been sentenced 

following his new punishment hearing. In response, appellant filed a motion to abate and asked 

us to remand the case to the trial court for the new punishment hearing, stating he did so “to 

conserve judicial resources and to properly expedite the orderly progression of this appeal.” We 

granted the motion in part by giving the trial court sixty days in which to complete a new 

punishment hearing. We ordered appellant to file either a motion to reinstate the appeal or 

written verification that the punishment hearing had not been completed by the end of the sixtyday period. In April and in May, appellant filed status letters informing the Court that “the 

parties are still in plea negotiations.” By letter dated May 19, 2016, we directed appellant to file 

either a motion to reinstate or a motion to dismiss by June 13, 2016. We cautioned appellant no 

further extensions would be granted and that his failure to file a motion would result in the case 

being reinstated and dismissed without further notice. To date, no motion has been received by 

the Court. 

On the Court’s own motion, we REINSTATE this appeal. Because no sentence has been 

imposed, we lack jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a) (notice of appeal must be filed after 

sentence imposed). 

We DISMISS the appeal. 

Do Not Publish 

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/Carolyn Wright/ 

CAROLYN WRIGHT 

CHIEF JUSTICE 
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Court of Appeals 

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas 

JUDGMENT 

JAVONTA MCCHEL WILLIAMS, 

Appellant 

No. 05-15-01383-CR V. 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee 

 On Appeal from the 203rd Judicial District 

Court, Dallas County, Texas 

Trial Court Cause No. F14-75534-P. 

Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Wright, 

Justices Myers and Brown participating. 

 Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS this appeal. 

Judgment entered July 20, 2016.