Michael L. Phillips v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 17, 2016
• Docket: 14-15-00870-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Motion Denied; Order filed May 17, 2016.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-15-00870-CR ____________

MICHAEL L. PHILLIPS, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 176th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1431290

ORDER

Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Joshua Hill. Appellant’s brief was originally due February 4, 2016. We have granted a total of 90 days’ extension to file appellant’s brief until May 5, 2016. When we granted the last extension, we noted that no further extensions would be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed. On May 5, 2016, counsel filed a further request for extension of time to file appellant’s brief. Counsel did not allege any exceptional circumstances in the request.

We deny the request for extension and issue the following order.

Accordingly, we order Joshua Hill to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before June 6, 2016. 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

Panel consists of Justices Busby, Donovan, and Wise