Forest Penton Junior v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 23, 2015
• Docket: 14-14-00406-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Motion Granted; Order filed January 22, 2015.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-14-00406-CR ____________

FOREST PENTON JUNIOR, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 185th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1384434

ORDER

Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Sarah V. Wood. Appellant’s brief was originally due October 31, 2014. We granted two extensions of time to file appellants brief until January 20, 2015. When we granted the second extension, we noted that no further extensions would be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed. On January 20, 2015, counsel filed a further request for an extension of time to file appellant’s brief. We grant the request for extension and issue the following order.

Accordingly, we order Sarah V. Wood to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before February 20, 2015. 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