Jorge Alberto Clemente Guajardo v. State

Opinion

NUMBER 13-18-00246-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

JORGE ALBERTO CLEMENTE GUAJARDO, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 398th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas.

ORDER TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Hinojosa Order Per Curiam

This cause is currently before the Court on appellant's third unopposed motion for extension of time to file the brief. The reporter’s record was filed on October 5, 2018, and appellant’s brief was originally due to be filed thirty days thereafter. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). This Court has previously granted appellant two extensions of time

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totaling 151 days to file the brief, and appellant now seeks an additional 60 days, until June 4, 2019, to file the brief.

The Court GRANTS appellant’s third unopposed motion for extension to file the brief and ORDERS the Honorable Victoria Guerra to file the brief on or before June 4, 2019. The Court looks with disfavor on the delay caused by counsel’s failure to timely file a brief in this matter. No further extensions will be granted absent exigent circumstances. If counsel fails to file the brief within the specified period of time, the Court will act appropriately to ensure that appellant's rights are protected. See id. R. 38.8(b)(4).

PER CURIAM

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the 16th day of April, 2019.