Order entered February 24, 2020

In The

Court of Appeals 

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas 

No. 05-18-00848-CR

ISSAAC MATTHEW JIMENEZ, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 6

Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. F17-75313-X

ORDER

Before Justices Myers, Whitehill, and Pedersen

This case was submitted on February 18, 2020 after appellate counsel Sharita Blacknall 

filed an Anders brief. An Anders brief is a brief filed in support of an appointed attorney’s 

motion to withdraw from an appeal that the attorney has concluded, after conscientious 

examination of the entire record, is a frivolous appeal. Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 

(1967). After reviewing the record and the brief on file in this appeal, the Court has concerns 

about appellate counsel’s decision to file an Anders brief. Therefore, we have decided to hear 

argument from the parties in this appeal.

We DIRECT the Clerk to remove this case from the February 18, 2020 submission 

docket.
The above cause is now set for submission with oral argument on March 26, 2020 at 

1:00 p.m. in the Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas, in its courtroom on the 

second floor of the George L. Allen, Sr. Courts Building located at 600 Commerce Street, Dallas, 

Texas 75202. The panel hearing the case will consist of Justice Myers, Justice Whitehill, and 

Justice Pedersen, subject to change by the Court. The parties are advised that although argument 

is typically limited to twenty minutes to each side with a five-minute rejoinder for appellant, the 

Court may suspend those time limitations to meet its needs in this case.

Appellate counsel Sharita Blacknall has twenty-four criminal appeals currently pending 

before the Court. Ms. Blacknall filed a brief on the merits in one case and has not yet filed a 

brief in four appeals. In the remaining appeals, Ms. Blacknall has filed Anders briefs. These 

include:

05-18-00391-CR Frank Paul Celaya v. State Possession contr. subst.

05-18-00848-CR Issaac Matthew Jimenez v. State Agg. sexual assault child

05-19-00053-CR Jimmy Earl Shelly v. State Agg. sexual assault child

05-19-00054-CR Jimmy Earl Shelly v. State Cont. sexual abuse child

05-19-00138-CR Joseph Glen Robinson v. State Agg. robbery deadly weapon

05-19-00139-CR Joseph Glen Robinson v. State Agg. robbery deadly weapon

05-19-00140-CR Joseph Glen Robinson v. State Agg. robbery deadly weapon

05-19-00141-CR Joseph Glen Robinson v. State Agg. robbery deadly weapon

05-19-00178-CR Tradareon Jamel Choice v. State Murder

05-19-00194-CR Edward Lamar Porter v. State Agg. robbery

05-19-00212-CR Lavar Devon Taylor v. State Agg. assault deadly weapon

05-19-00463-CR Gerald Munoz Montano v. State Eng. org. crim. act. murder

05-19-00710-CR John Francis Walsh III v. State Agg. sexual assault

05-19-00785-CR Cesar Navarro v. State Agg. sexual assault child

05-19-00887-CR James Jackson v. State Robbery

05-19-00888-CR James Jackson v. State Robbery

05-19-00987-CR Brandon Charles Sampson v. State Murder

05-19-01319-CR Xavior Devon Collier v. State Agg. robbery deadly weapon

05-19-01320-CR Xavior Devon Collier v. State Evading arrest
The focus of the March 26, 2020 argument will be on the propriety of filing an Anders

brief in this aggravated sexual assault of a child case tried to a jury. Nevertheless, the Court 

reserves the right to raise general questions about the other cases on appeal.

We ORDER appellate counsel Sharita Blacknall to appear and present oral argument at 

the above mentioned date, time, and place.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send a copy of this order via electronic transmission to the 

Honorable Jeanine Howard, Presiding Judge, Criminal District Court No. 6; to counsel Sharita 

Blacknall; and to the Dallas County District Attorney. We also DIRECT the Clerk to send a 

copy of the order to Sharita Blacknall via certified mail at the address listed for counsel in our 

records.

/s/ LANA MYERS 

PRESIDING JUSTICE