Opinion
NUMBER 13-14-00087-CR
10-01-2014
ROSS ALLEN HARTWELL, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 390th District Court of Travis County, Texas.
ORDER TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Longoria Order Per Curiam
This appeal was transferred to this Court from the Third Court of Appeals by order of the Texas Supreme Court. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.220(a) (West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.S.) (delineating the jurisdiction of appellate courts); TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.S.) (granting the supreme court the authority to transfer cases from one court of appeals to another at any time that there is "good cause" for the transfer). This cause is currently before the Court on appellant's fourth extension of time to file the brief. The clerk's record was filed on February 10, 2014, and appellant's brief was originally due to be filed thirty days thereafter. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). This Court has previously granted appellant three extensions of time totaling 174 days to file the brief, and appellant now seeks an additional 41 days, until October 13, 2014, to file the brief.
The Court GRANTS appellant's fourth motion to file the brief and ORDERS the Honorable Paul M. Evans to file the brief on or before October 13, 2014. The Court looks with disfavor on the delay caused by counsel's failure to timely file a brief in this matter. No further extensions will be granted absent exigent circumstances. If counsel fails to file the brief within the specified period of time, the Court will act appropriately to ensure that appellant's rights are protected. See id. R. 38.8(b)(4).
PER CURIAM Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the 1st day of October, 2014.