Case Information
*1 Order issued June 30, 2021
In the
Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-19-01137-CR
NICHOLAS RYAN NADEAU, Appellant V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 296th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 296-83228-2018
ORDER
Before Justices Schenck, Reichek, and Carlyle
Before the Court is attorney Matthew Maddox’s May 22, 2020 motion to withdraw as counsel for appellant Nicholas Ryan Nadeau. Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we GRANT the motion and DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to remove Matthew Maddox as counsel of record for appellant.
We ORDER the trial court to appoint new counsel to represent appellant in this appeal and to transmit a supplemental clerk’s record containing the order appointing new counsel to this Court within FIFTEEN DAYS of the date of this *2 order. Once appointed, appellate counsel shall investigate the record and file a brief addressing the issue noted in the opinion in this case, as well as any other grounds that might arguably support the appeal, within THIRTY days of the appointment.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send copies of this order to: the Honorable John R. Roach, Jr., Presiding Judge, 296th District Court of Collin County; Matthew Maddox; the Collin County District Attorney’s Office, Appellate Division; and appellant Nicholas Ryan Nadeau, TDCJ# 02283434, Cole Unit, 3801 Silo Road, Bonham, Texas 75418.
We ABATE this appeal to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal will be reinstated when the order appointing counsel is received or the Court deems it appropriate to do so.
/s/ CORY L. CARLYLE JUSTICE
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