Opinion
No. 06-17-00071-CR No. 06-17-00072-CR No. 06-17-00073-CR
10-24-2017
CHRISTOPHER DALE JONES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 354th District Court Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. 31461, 31462 & 31463 Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. ORDER
The clerk's records in these appeals were filed May 24 2017, and the reporter's records were filed July 27, 2017, making the appellant's brief originally due August 28, 2017. This Court extended that briefing deadline twice, on Jones' motions, resulting in the most recent due date of October 18, 2017. We informed counsel when we granted the last extension request that further requests for extension of time would not be granted; nonetheless, counsel has filed a third motion seeking an additional thirty days to file Jones' brief.
We have reviewed counsel's most recent motion to extend time and find no extraordinary circumstances that would warrant an additional thirty-day extension of the filing deadline. We have also reviewed the case file and record on appeal. In light of the fact that this brief was originally due three months ago and because the brief has actually been completed, the reasons offered by counsel in his motion are not compelling enough to justify another extension of the briefing deadline.
The motion to extend time to file Jones' appellate brief is denied. We hereby order counsel to file Jones' appellate brief with this Court on or before October 30, 2017.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT Date: October 24, 2017