James Friend v. State

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-15-00099-CR

JAMES FRIEND, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 102nd District Court Bowie County, Texas

Trial Court No. 14F0439-102

Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.

ORDER

James Friend appeals from his conviction of murder and the resulting life sentence. The clerk’s record in this matter was filed July 10, 2015, and the reporter’s record was filed July 13, making Friend’s appellate brief originally due August 12. This deadline was extended twice by this Court on the motion of Friend’s appellate counsel, Jason Horton, resulting in the most recent due date of October 2. Horton has now filed a third motion seeking an additional extension of the briefing deadline.

We have reviewed Horton’s third motion to extend time as well as the appellate record in this case, and we find no compelling information to convince us that Friend’s briefing requires additional time to prepare. Consequently, Horton’s third motion to extend time to file Friend’s appellate brief is overruled.

We order Horton to file Friend’s appellate brief with this Court on or before November 2, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

BY THE COURT

Date: October 6, 2015