NUMBER 13-14-00031-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
AARON ANTHONY TORRES, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 19th District Court
of McLennan County, Texas.
ORDER TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Perkes
Order Per Curiam
This appeal was transferred to this Court from the Tenth Court of Appeals by order
of the Texas Supreme Court. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.220(a) (West, Westlaw
through 2013 3d C.S.) (delineating the jurisdiction of appellate courts); TEX. GOV'T CODE
ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.S.) (granting the supreme court the
authority to transfer cases from one court of appeals to another at any time that there is
“good cause” for the transfer). This cause is currently before the Court on appellant's
second unopposed extension of time to file the brief. The reporter’s record was filed on
June 5, 2014, and appellant’s brief was originally due to be filed thirty days thereafter.
See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). This Court has previously granted appellant one extension
of time totaling ninety days to file the brief, and appellant now seeks an additional sixty
days, until December 5, 2014, to file the brief.
The Court GRANTS appellant’s second unopposed motion to file the brief and
ORDERS the Honorable Denton B. Lessman to file the brief on or before December 5,
2014. The Court looks with disfavor on the delay caused by counsel’s failure to timely
file a brief in this matter. No further extensions will be granted absent exigent
circumstances. If counsel fails to file the brief within the specified period of time, the
Court will act appropriately to ensure that appellant's rights are protected. See id. R.
38.8(b)(4).
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
21st day of October, 2014.
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