NUMBERS 13-16-00191-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
JOHN GIBBS, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 176th District Court
of Harris County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Justices Garza, Perkes, and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
Currently pending before the Court is appellant's motion for pro se access to the
appellate record and motion for extension of time to file the brief. 1 Appellant's counsel
1 This case is before the Court on transfer from the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston
pursuant to a docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE
ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.).
has filed an Anders brief herein and appellant has been unable to examine the record so
that he can file a pro se brief.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the trial court ensure that appellant has
the opportunity to fully examine the appellate record on or before January 4, 2017, and it
is FURTHER ORDERED that the trial court notify this Court as to the date upon which the
appellate record was made available to appellant. See Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d 313
(Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
Appellant’s motion for extension of time to file a pro se brief is GRANTED.
Appellant shall have thirty (30) days from the day the appellate record was first made
available to him to file his pro se brief with this Court. The State shall have twenty days
thereafter to file its response, if any.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
9th day of December, 2016.
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