Opinion
No. 06-15-00099-CR
02-09-2016
JAMES FRIEND, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 102nd District Court Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 14F0439-102 Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. ORDER
James Friend appeals from his conviction of murder. The clerk's record in this matter was filed July 10, 2015, and the reporter's record was filed July 13, making Friend's appellate brief originally due August 12, 2015. That deadline was extended three times and this appeal was abated to the trial court twice on Friend's motions, resulting in the current due date of February 8, 2016. Friend has now filed a fourth motion seeking an additional thirty-day extension of the briefing deadline.
We have reviewed Friend's fourth motion to extend time as well as the appellate record in this case, and we find no compelling information to convince us that a fourth extension of the filing deadline is warranted. Consequently, Friend's fourth motion to extend time to file his appellate brief is overruled.
We order counsel to file Friend's appellate brief with this Court on or before March 9, 2016.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT Date: February 9, 2016