NUMBER 13-18-00384-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
LANCE TAYLOR, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 28th District Court
of Nueces County, Texas.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Hinojosa and Silva
Order Per Curiam
This cause is before the Court on appellant's seventh motion for extension of time
to file the brief. Appellant’s brief was originally due to be filed on April 17, 2019, and this
Court has previously granted appellant six extensions; however, current counsel, the
Honorable Diamond DeLeon, has only been granted one extension for the filing of
appellant’s brief in this cause. On July 21, 2021, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant
the time to file a brief was extended to October 12, 2021 and in all caps explained the
Court will not grant any further extensions absent new and exigent circumstances.
The Court, having fully examined and considered appellant's most recent motion
for extension of time to file the brief and the extensions previously granted in this cause,
is of the opinion that, in the interest of justice, appellant's seventh motion for extension of
time to file the brief should be granted with order. The Court, however, looks with disfavor
upon the delay caused by counsel's failure to have filed a brief in this matter.
Appellant's seventh motion for extension of time to file the brief is hereby
GRANTED, and the Honorable Diamond DeLeon, counsel for appellant, is hereby
ORDERED to file the appellate brief with this Court on or before December 13,
2021. Further motions for extension of time absent exigent circumstances will not be
favorably entertained by the Court.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed on the
29th day of October, 2021.
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