Opinion
NO. 14-17-00460-CR
01-30-2018
TERRANCE DEVAUGHN EDWARDS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 177th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1510607
ORDER
Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Celeste Blackburn. Appellant's brief was originally due October 5, 2017. We have granted a total of 90 days' extension to file appellant's brief until January 19, 2018. When we granted the last extension, we noted that no further extensions would be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed. On January 19, 2018, 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.
We order Celeste Blackburn to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before February 19, 2018. If counsel does not timely file appellant's brief as ordered, the court may 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 Chief Justice Frost and Justices Busby and Wise.