Bell v. State

Full title: DENNIS WAYNE BELL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

Date published: Apr 25, 2017

No. 05-16-01278-CR (Tex. App. Apr. 25, 2017)

Opinion

No. 05-16-01278-CR

04-25-2017

DENNIS WAYNE BELL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

LANA MYERS JUSTICE

On Appeal from the 291st Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F08-50594-U

ORDER

We REINSTATE this appeal.

By order dated April 10, 2017, we abated this case for a hearing to determine why appellant's brief had not been filed. On April 24, 2017, appellant filed a motion to extend time. In the motion, appellant states he did not receive notice from this Court that the brief was past due and that his failure to file a brief and a motion to extend was not intentional or the result of conscious indifference but due to an accident or mistake. We GRANT appellant's April 24 motion and VACATE that portion of our April 10, 2017 order requiring findings.

We ORDER appellant's brief due within THIRTY DAYS of the date of this order. We caution appellant that further extensions will be disfavored.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order to the Honorable Stephanie Mitchell, Presiding Judge, 291st Judicial District Court and to counsel for all parties.

/s/ LANA MYERS

JUSTICE