COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER ON MOTION
Cause number: 01-17-00231-CR
Style: Earl Roy DeBlanc v. The State of Texas
Date motion filed*: October 19, 2017
Type of motion: Fifth Motion to Extend Time to File Brief
Party filing motion: Appellant Earl Roy DeBlanc’s counsel, Melissa Martin
Document to be filed: Appellant’s Brief
Is appeal accelerated? No.
If motion to extend time:
Original due date: June 19, 2017
Number of extensions granted: 3 Current Due Date: October 18, 2017
Date Requested: October 26, 2017 (129 days from original due date)
Ordered that motion is:
Granted
If document is to be filed, document due: October 26, 2017.
No further extensions of time will be granted.
Denied
Dismissed (e.g., want of jurisdiction, moot)
Other: _____________________________________
Because appellant’s counsel’s fifth extension request states that Hurricane Harvey has
still disrupted the functioning of her office, the Court grants the motion, but counsel is
warned that no further extensions are to be granted. See Extension of Emergency
Order Authorizing Modification and Suspension of Court Procedures in Proceedings
Affected by Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 17-013 (Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 26, 2017); TEX.
R. APP. P. 2, 38.6(d). TEX. R. APP. P. 2, 38.6(d). Accordingly, if appellant’s brief is
not filed by October 26, 2017, the Court may abate this case. See id. 38.8(b)(2).
Judge’s signature: /s/ Evelyn V. Keyes
Date: October 24, 2017
November 7, 2008 Revision