Ashley Mere Howard v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 2, 2016
• Docket: 01-16-00120-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

ORDER

Appellate case name: Ashley Mere Howard v. The State of Texas

Appellate case number: 01-16-00120-CR

Trial court case number: 1465955

Trial court: 183rd District Court of Harris County

Appellant’s brief was originally due on May 31, 2016. On June 2, 2016, counsel Juan Contreras requested a 30-day extension, which was granted until July 5, 2016. No brief was filed and notice issued on July 12, 2016, advising that the brief was overdue. On July 18, 2016, a second request for extension was filed, seeking another 30 days. The Court granted this extension until August 16, 2016. On July 28, 2016, counsel Juan Contreras filed a motion to substitute counsel, asking that we allow Cynthia Rayfield-Aguilar to be substituted as counsel of record for appellant. Our ruling is as follows: (1) we grant an extension on the brief until September 6, 2016; and (2) we conditionally grant the motion to substitute, dependent upon counsel, Rayfield-Aguilar, filing a letter on or before August 8, 2016, agreeing that she will not seek further extensions of time to file the brief. It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: /s/ Harvey Brown Acting individually

Date: August 2, 2016