Opinion
13-23-00327-CR
12-20-2023
JESUS J. ORTEGA A/K/A J. JESUS ORTEGA, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
Do not publish. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
On appeal from the 216th District Court of Gillespie County, Texas.
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Before the Court is a letter from pro se appellant dated November 26, 2023 and appellant's motion for extension of time to file pro se response. We construe appellant's letter to be a motion for pro se access to the appellate record.
On December 8, 2023, appellant's counsel filed a second amended Anders brief. Pro se appellant has been unable to examine the record in order to file a pro se response.
Accordingly, we grant appellant's motions, and it is hereby ordered that the trial court ensure that appellant has the opportunity to fully examine the clerk's record and reporter's record on or before fifteen (15) days from the date this order issues. It is further ordered the trial court notify this Court as to the date upon which the clerk's record and reporter's record was made available to appellant. See Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d 313 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
Furthermore, pro se appellant shall have thirty (30) days from the day the clerk's record and the reporter's record is first made available to him to file his pro se response with this Court. The State shall have twenty days thereafter to file its response, if any.