Jarvis Lamont Carnell v. State

ORDER OF ABATEMENT

Harvey Brown, Justice

Jarvis Lamont Carnell was convicted of misdemeanor assault of a person with whom he had a dating relationship. 1 On the day Carnell was convicted and sentenced, the trial court permitted CarnelTs court-appointed trial counsel to withdraw. The trial court did not, however, appoint substitute counsel until over ten months later — well after the deadline for filing a motion for new trial. In his first issue, Carnell contends that he was deprived of counsel during the .critical period for filing a motion for new trial. He requests that we abate this appeal…