Opinion
NO. 14-13-00840-CR
01-07-2016
LORENZA ANDRE SAM, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 240th District Court Fort Bend County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 10-DCR-055360A
ORDER
Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Patrick F. McCann. Appellant's brief was originally due August 24, 2015. We have granted a total of 90 days to file appellant's brief until December 2, 2015. When we granted the last extension, we noted that no further extensions would be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed. On December 28, 2015, counsel filed a further request for extension of time to file appellant's brief. Counsel alleged exceptional circumstances in the request. Accordingly, we grant the request for extension and issue the following order.
We order Patrick F. McCann to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before January 27, 2016. If counsel does not timely file appellant's brief as ordered, the court will issue an order abating the appeal and directing the trial court to conduct a hearing to determine the reason for the failure to file the brief and the consideration of sanctions, appointment of new counsel, or other appropriate relief.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Jamison, Donovan and Brown