Opinion
NUMBER 13-16-00448-CR
10-21-2016
LUIS RENE RIVERA, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 36th District Court of San Patricio County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Benavides
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 a pro se brief. 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.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the trial court ensure that appellant has the opportunity to fully examine the appellate record on or before October 31, 2016, 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PER CURIAM Do not publish.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 21st day of October, 2016.