Marlo Donta Persons v. State ( 2014 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-14-00109-CR
MARLO DONTA PERSONS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 354th District Court
Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court No. 29371
Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
ORDER
Court reporter Julie Vrooman recorded the trial court proceedings in cause number 06-
14-00109-CR, styled Marlo Donta Persons v. The State of Texas, trial court cause number 29,
371 in the 354th Judicial District Court of Hunt County, Texas. The reporter’s record was
originally due in this matter August 8, 2014. This deadline was extended twice by this Court on
Vrooman’s request, resulting in the most recent due date of December 10, 2014. Vrooman has
now filed a third request seeking an additional extension of the filing deadline.
The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure establish that “trial and appellate courts are
jointly responsible for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed.” TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(c).
The Rules further instruct that an “appellate court may enter any order necessary to ensure the
timely filing of the appellate record.” Id. In furtherance of our responsibilities established by the
Rules, we find we must take steps to ensure that the record in this case is filed in a reasonable
amount of time.
Therefore, we overrule Vrooman’s third request for an extension of the filing deadline
and hereby order her to file the reporter’s record in cause number 06-14-00109-CR, styled Marlo
Donta Persons v. The State of Texas, trial court cause number 29,371 in the 354th Judicial
District Court of Hunt County, Texas, to be received by this Court no later than Friday,
January 9, 2015.
If the record is not received by January 9, we warn Vrooman that we may begin contempt
proceedings and order her to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of this Court
for failing to obey its order.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: December 23, 2014
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