Anthony Salinas v. the State of Texas

Opinion

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Fourth Court of Appeals

San Antonio, Texas

October 12, 2022

No. 04-22-00363-CR

Anthony SALINAS,

Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas,

Appellee

From the 187th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2021CR10247 Honorable Stephanie R. Boyd, Judge Presiding

ORDER

After we granted Appellant’s first motion for a sixty-day extension of time, Appellant’s brief was due on October 17, 2022. Before the once-extended due date, Appellant filed a motion for another sixty-day extension of time to file the brief.

Appellant’s motion is GRANTED IN PART. We ORDER Appellant to file the brief not later than November 16, 2022. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(d).

No further extensions of time to file Appellant’s brief will be granted absent extraordinary circumstances. Heavy trial and appellate caseloads, without more, are not extraordinary circumstances. See McIlhargey v. Hager, No. 13-21-00288-CV, 2022 WL 1251061, at *3 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg Apr. 28, 2022, pet. denied) (mem. op.); Hubbard v. State, 649 S.W.2d 167, 169 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1983, no pet.).

If Appellant fails to file the brief as ordered, we will abate this appeal and remand the cause to the trial court for an abandonment hearing. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(b)(2), (3); Samaniego v. State, 952 S.W.2d 50, 52–53 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1997, no pet.).

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Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 12th day of October, 2022.

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MICHAEL A. CRUZ, Clerk of Court