Opinion
No. 04-17-00400-CR No. 04-17-00401-CR No. 04-17-00402-CR No. 04-17-00403-CR No. 04-17-00404-CR
07-12-2017
Logan FIELD, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
From the 216th Judicial District Court, Gillespie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 5810, 5811, 5812, 5813 & 5814
Honorable N. Keith Williams, Judge Presiding
ORDER
Appellant Logan Field filed separate notices of appeal for five related trial court causes in appeals numbered 04-17-00400-CR, 04-17-00401-CR, 04-17-00402-CR, 04-17-00403-CR, and 04-17-00404-CR. The clerk's record and reporter's records are due on July 28, 2017.
On July 6, 2017, Appellant filed a motion requesting that we consolidate the five appeals for all purposes except for separate clerk's records. Appellant's motion to consolidate the five appeals is GRANTED. The parties must file motions, briefs, and other pleadings as if the appeals were one, and the parties must include all five appeal numbers in the style of the case. Any further orders will include each of the five appeal numbers.
A separate appellate record must be maintained for each appeal. The trial court clerk shall prepare and file a separate clerk's record for each trial court cause. If the clerk's record is supplemented, the supplemental material must be filed in each appeal to which it applies.
Because the merits of all five indictments were argued together, the court reporter may file a single reporter's record for each requested hearing. Each volume the court reporter files must include all five appeal numbers in the heading and shall be filed in appeal number 04-17-00400-CR. When the court reporter files the reporter's record, this court will place a copy of the reporter's record in the appellate record for each of the other four appeals.
Appellant's brief must present for review any issues Appellant wishes to raise from any of the appeals; the State's brief may respond to Appellant's issues. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1, 38.2. Appellant may file a reply brief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.3. Each brief's caption must include the numbers for all five appeals. Any other documents the parties file must likewise contain all five numbers.
If this court orders submission by oral argument, the consolidated appeal must be argued within the applicable time limits for a single appeal. See 4TH TEX. APP. (SAN ANTONIO) LOC. R. 9.1. This court will dispose of all five appeals with one opinion, judgment, and mandate.
/s/_________
Rebeca C. Martinez, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 12th day of July, 2017.
/s/_________
Luz Estrada
Chief Deputy Clerk