Michael Lynn Rogers v. State

Opinion

Order entered June 3, 2019

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-00724-CR

MICHAEL LYNN ROGERS, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 283rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. F18-00263-T

ORDER

Before the Court is the State’s May 21, 2019 motion to strike appellant’s brief. The State

points out that the brief substantially exceeds the maximum word count allowed by rule of appellate procedure 9.4 and was not properly served upon counsel for the State pursuant to rule 9.5(a). See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.4(i)(2)(B), 9.5(a). We agree with the State.

We STRIKE appellant’s brief and ORDER appellant to file an amended brief within the word-count limit and serve it upon the State’s counsel, Douglas R. Gladden, on or before July 1, 2019.

/s/ LANA MYERS

JUSTICE