included in the filing sent to the CNJ from the court. CNJ Publisher Ray Sullivan said Monday he is not aware of any such letter from the Brewers arriving at the newspaper’s office. According to the filing, the Brewers used the money on vehicles, homes, an airplane and the purchase of the S & S Supermarket in.Clovis. Additionally, according to the filing, Sherri Brewer was paid $7,000 per month for retirement with no evidence presented that she ever worked at the store. Attempts to contact lawyers for the Brewers on Monday were unsuccessful. 1 . The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has held that a written order, entered after a notice of appeal, which memorializes or explains a prior ruling is made “in aid of the appeal.” Silverthorne v. Laird, 460 F.2d 1175, 1178 (5th Cir.1972) (<HOLDING>). Several other appellate courts have likewise
holding that when the courts oral statements in the plea colloquy conflict with the written agreement the courts oral statements control holding that a lower court should not take any action once appeal is filed which would interfere with the appeal process or with the appellate courts jurisdiction holding district courts written opinion explaining a judgment filed four months after notice of appeal and two days prior to oral argument was of great aid in the appeal allowing the appellate court to examine the case with a thorough understanding of the lower courts posture holding that intermediate appellate courts have jurisdiction to address merits of appeal when amended notice of appeal is filed before briefs are filed holding that the appellate court should have construed the notice of appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate the judgment as an attempt to appeal from the underlying judgment