Opinion
NO. 14-15-00768-CR
05-26-2016
DONNIS RAY HANCOCK, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 178th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1471570
ORDER
Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, J. Sidney Crowley. Appellant's brief was originally due February 3, 2016. We have granted a total of at least 90 days to file appellant's brief until May 4, 2016. When we granted the last extension, we noted that no further extensions would be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed. On May 19, 2016, counsel filed a further request for extension of time to file appellant's brief. Counsel did not allege any exceptional circumstances in the request.
We deny the request for extension and issue the following order.
Accordingly, we order J. Sidney Crowley to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before June 10, 2016. If counsel does not timely file appellant's brief as ordered, the court will issue an order abating the appeal and directing the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine the reason for the failure to file the brief and the consideration of sanctions, appointment of new counsel, or other appropriate relief.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Busby, Donovan, and Wise