Santiago Soriano v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 30, 2013
• Docket: 06-13-00079-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-13-00079-CR

SANTIAGO SORIANO, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 8th District Court Hopkins County, Texas Trial Court No. 1222923

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ. ORDER Wade A. Forsman, counsel for the appellant, Santiago Soriano, has filed a motion to

extend time to file the appellant’s brief. The brief was due July 24, 2013.

In his motion, counsel does not provide the Court with a reasonable explanation of the

need for an extension of time. This Court interprets Rule 10.5(b)(2) of the Texas Rules of

Appellate Procedure as requiring counsel to provide the Court with specific information to

justify the requested extension, including the cause numbers of other briefs filed, the dates they

were filed, the dates of trials, how long those trials are expected to last, etc. Broad, general

statements do not provide the required facts and are not adequate to meet the requirements of the

Rule. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b)(2).

All future motions to extend time must contain case-specific information adequate to

justify the request, or they will be denied.

In this instance, we grant the motion for an extension, for a period of thirty days, making

appellant’s brief now due August 23, 2013. Further requests for extensions will not be looked

upon with favor.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

BY THE COURT

Date: July 30, 2013