Opinion
NO. 14-15-00569-CR
02-23-2016
WALTER R. SAM, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 337th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1419418
ORDER
Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Wilford Anderson. Appellant's brief was originally due September 10, 2015. On September 22, we issued notice that unless appellant's brief or a motion for extension was filed within 10 days, the court would take appropriation action. No brief or motion for extension was filed. On October 13, we abated the appeal so the trial court could hold a hearing to determine the reason for appellant's failure to file a brief. The trial court held a hearing on November 4. At that hearing, counsel said he would file appellant's brief by December 16.
Counsel did not file a brief. On December 17, he filed a motion for extension of time to file the brief. We granted that motion until January 19, 2016. On January 19, counsel filed a second motion for extension, which we granted until February 16.
On February 16, counsel filed a third motion for extension of time to file appellant's brief. We deny the request for extension and issue the following order.
We order Wilford Anderson to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before March 14, 2016. If counsel does not timely file appellant's brief as ordered, the court will issue an order again 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 Christopher, McCally, and Busby.