Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-02-23 01:23:43.60266+00
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Order filed February 21, 2019

                                        In The

        Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                    ___________

                                No. 11-18-00329-CR
                                    ___________

                      MICHAEL STOGLIN, Appellant
                                         V.
                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 358th District Court
                             Ector County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. D-17-1911-CR

                                        ORDER
      Appellant’s court-appointed attorney of record, Lauren Gavin, has filed in this
court a motion to withdraw as counsel on appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5. Gavin
states in her motion that she “accepted a position at the Ector County Attorney’s
office as a prosecutor for the State of Texas.” Gavin’s continued representation of
Appellant in this case would constitute a conflict of interest. The motion to withdraw
is granted, and the appeal is abated.
        The trial court is directed to appoint new counsel to represent Appellant on
appeal, and the trial court clerk is instructed to file in this court on or before March 1,
2019, a supplemental clerk’s record evidencing such appointment. The appeal will
be reinstated when the supplemental clerk’s record is filed in this court. Appellant’s
brief, which is currently past due, will be due to be filed in this court thirty days after
the date that this appeal is reinstated.

                                                                   PER CURIAM

February 21, 2019
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Stretcher, J., and Wright, S.C.J.1

Willson, J., not participating.

        1
          Jim R. Wright, Senior Chief Justice (Retired), Court of Appeals, 11th District of Texas at Eastland,
sitting by assignment.

                                                      2