Michael Trejo, Jr. v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 19, 2018
• Docket: 14-18-00076-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Motion Denied; Order filed July 19, 2018.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-18-00076-CR ____________

MICHAEL TREJO, JR., Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 22nd District Court Hays County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CR-14-0769

ORDER

Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Tate N. Saunders. Appellant’s brief was originally due March 9, 2018. We have granted a total of 90 days’ extension to file appellant’s brief until June 29, 2018. When we granted the last extension, we noted that no further extensions would be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed. On June 28, 2018, counsel filed a further request for extension of time to file appellant’s brief. Counsel requested an additional seven days to file appellant’s brief, but did not file a brief after expiration of seven days.

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

We order Tate N. Saunders to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before July 31, 2018. If counsel does not timely file appellant’s brief as ordered, the court may 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 Chief Justice Frost and Justices Donovan and Brown.