Order entered August 21, 2013
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-00221-CR
No. 05-13-00222-CR
No. 05-13-00240-CR
No. 05-13-00251-CR
VICTOR JOEL SUAREZ, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 4
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F09-41419-K, F06-45426-K, F06-45427-K, F12-71456-K
ORDER
Appellant has appealed the trial court’s judgments of convictions in the above cases.
The appeals in cause nos. 05-13-00221-CR, 05-13-00222-CR, and 05-13-00240-CR are from
judgments adjudicating guilt that reflect a sentencing date of January 31, 2013. The appeal in
cause no. 05-13-00251-CR is from the trial court’s judgment following a jury trial and shows a
sentencing date of January 30, 2013. The clerk’s records have been filed in all of the cases, but
the reporter’s records have not been filed in any of the cases. On August 7, 2013, Janice Garrett
filed a request for an extension of time to file the reporter’s record. The request included the trial
court number for cause no. 05-13-00251-CR, but had the wrong appellate number on it. The
extension request was filed in cause nos. 05-13-00221-CR, 05-13-00222-CR, and 05-13-00240-
CR, but was not filed in cause no. 05-13-00251-CR. It appears that all of these cases will share
at least part of the reporter’s record and should be on the same schedule for record and briefing
purposes.
Accordingly, we VACATE the August 13, 2013 order granting Ms. Garrett an extension
of time to file the reporter’s record. This is now the order of the Court.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to designate these four cases as companion cases on
the Court’s case management system.
We GRANT Ms. Garrett’s August 7 and 8, 2013 extension requests to the extent that we
ORDER Ms. Garrett to file, within FORTY-FIVE DAYS of the date of this order, the complete
reporter’s records for all four of these cases, including: (1) original plea proceedings; (2) any
intervening hearings; (3) the jury trial; (4) the adjudication hearing; and (5) all exhibits admitted
into evidence at each of these proceedings. Because the records for these appeals are already
more than two months overdue, no further extensions will be granted absent a showing of
extraordinary circumstances. If the complete reporter’s records for all of the cases are not filed
within the time specified, we will order the trial court to make findings in accordance with the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to Janice
Garrett, official court reporter, Criminal District Court No. 4, and to counsel for all parties.
/s/ DAVID EVANS
JUSTICE