James Loyd Bankston v. State

Opinion

Order entered August 13, 2014

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00076-CR

JAMES LOYD BANKSTON, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Court At Law No. 1 Kaufman County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 31508CC

ORDER

The Court REINSTATES the appeal.

On July 31, 2014, we ordered the trial court to make findings regarding why appellant’s brief has not been filed. We ADOPT the findings that: (1) appellant desires to pursue the appeal; (2) appellant is indigent and represented by court-appointed counsel Lara Bracamonte; (3) Ms. Bracamonte’s explanation for the delay in filing appellant’s brief is due to other case work and family and personal medical issues; and (4) Ms. Bracamonte requested thirty additional days from the August 8, 2014 hearing to file appellant’s brief.

We ORDER appellant to file his brief by SEPTEMBER 8, 2014. Because appellant has already been granted one thirty-day extension of time to file his brief and the brief is now more than two months overdue following that extension, no further extensions will be granted absent a showing of extraordinary circumstances.

We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to counsel for all parties.

/s/ DAVID EVANS

JUSTICE