Shawn Danene Harty v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 10, 2017
• Docket: 03-15-00066-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-15-00066-CR

In re Harley Martin

Shawn Danene Harty, Appellant

v.

State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 147TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-DC-13-300338, HONORABLE CLIFFORD A. BROWN, JUDGE PRESIDING

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

PER CURIAM

This is a contempt proceeding ancillary to Shawn Danene Harty’s appeal. The subject

of this proceeding is Harty’s appointed counsel, Harley Martin, who has failed to comply with our

order to file appellant’s brief.

Harty filed her notice of appeal on January 22, 2015. Martin failed to file Harty’s

brief after requesting and receiving three extensions of time, and after an abatement for the trial

court’s determination as to whether Martin had abandoned this appeal. On November 10, 2016, we

ordered Martin to file appellant’s brief no later than November 22, 2016, and advised him that failure

to file the brief by that date could require him to show cause for his noncompliance with the order.

To date, the brief has not been filed and Martin has not communicated with the Court about this case. We hereby order Harley Martin to appear in person on January 25, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.,

in the courtroom of this Court, located in the Price Daniel, Sr. Building, 209 West 14th St., City of

Austin, Travis County, Texas, to show cause why he should not be held in contempt and sanctions

imposed for his failure to obey the November 10, 2016 order of this Court. This order to show cause

will be withdrawn and Martin will be relieved from his obligation to appear before this Court

as above ordered if the brief is received by the Clerk of this Court no later than12:00 p.m. on

January 24, 2017.

It is ordered January 10, 2017.

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Bourland