Gibbs v. State

Full title: JOHN GIBBS, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

Court: COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

Date published: Dec 9, 2016

NUMBERS 13-16-00191-CR (Tex. App. Dec. 9, 2016)

Opinion

NUMBERS 13-16-00192-CR

12-09-2016

JOHN GIBBS, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

Per Curiam

On appeal from the 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas.

ORDER

Before Justices Garza, Perkes, and Longoria
OrderPer Curiam

Currently pending before the Court is appellant's motion for pro se access to the appellate record and motion for extension of time to file the brief.¹ Appellant's counsel has filed an Anders brief herein and appellant has been unable to examine the record so that he can file a pro se brief.

1 This case is before the Court on transfer from the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston pursuant to a docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.). --------

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the trial court ensure that appellant has the opportunity to fully examine the appellate record on or before January 4, 2017, and it is FURTHER ORDERED that the trial court notify this Court as to the date upon which the appellate record was made available to appellant. See Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d 313 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).

Appellant's motion for extension of time to file a pro se brief is GRANTED. Appellant shall have thirty (30) days from the day the appellate record was first made available to him to file his pro se brief with this Court. The State shall have twenty days thereafter to file its response, if any.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

PER CURIAM Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). Delivered and filed the 9th day of December, 2016.