Ronald Crow v. State

Opinion

Order filed November 10, 2015.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-13-00512-CR ____________

RONALD CROW, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 21st District Court Washington County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 16373

ORDER

Appellant is represented by retained counsel, J. Sidney Crowley. Appellant’s brief was originally due January 27, 2015. At that time, appellant was represented by a different lawyer. On April 14, 2015, we granted appellant’s motion to substitute Crowley as his lawyer.

As a result of appellant’s motions for extensions to file his brief, as well as motions for extension by the court reporter to file the reporter’s record because appellant had not paid for the record until recently, we have granted a total of 161 days to file appellant’s brief until October 26, 2015. We have noted that no further extensions will be granted absent exceptional circumstances. No brief was filed. On November 3, 2015, 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 J. Sidney Crowley to file a brief with the clerk of this court on or before December 3, 2015. 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 Boyce, Busby, and Brown