Opinion
No. 06-16-00222-CR
08-22-2017
OCTAVIOUS LAMAR RHYMES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 76th District Court Camp County, Texas
Trial Court No. CF-15-1523 Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. ORDER
The reporter's record in this appeal was filed April 6, 2017, and the clerk's record was filed April 12, 2017, making the appellant's brief originally due May 12, 2017. This Court extended that briefing deadline once because Rhymes' first appellate counsel simply did not timely file a brief, once on the motion of Rhymes' first appellate counsel, and once on the motion of Rhymes' current appellate counsel, resulting in the most recent due date of August 14, 2017. We informed counsel when we granted the last motion for an extension of time that further requests for extension of time would not be granted; nonetheless, counsel has filed another motion seeking an additional thirty days to prepare and file this brief.
We have reviewed counsel's most recent motion to extend time and find a dearth of extraordinary circumstances that would warrant an additional extension of the filing deadline. We have also reviewed the case file and record on appeal. In light of the fact that this brief was originally due three months ago, the reasons offered by counsel in his motion are not compelling enough to justify another extension of the briefing deadline.
The motion to extend time to file Rhymes' appellate brief is denied. We hereby order counsel to file Rhymes' appellate brief with this Court on or before September 13, 2017.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT Date: August 22, 2017