Marcus Leslie v. State ( 2015 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-15-00057-CR
MARCUS LESLIE, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 5th District Court
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 13-F-1027-005
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
ORDER
Court reporter Leslie P. Bates recorded the trial court proceedings in appellate cause
number 06-15-00057-CR, styled Marcus Leslie v. The State of Texas, trial court cause number
13F1027-005 in the 5th Judicial District Court of Bowie County, Texas. The reporter’s record
was originally due in this matter June 1, 2015. That deadline was extended twice by this Court on
Bates’ requests, resulting in the most recent due date of July 31, 2015. Bates has now filed a third
request seeking an additional fourteen-day 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 Bates’ third request for an extension of the filing deadline and
hereby order her to file the reporter’s record in cause number 06-15-00057-CR, styled Marcus
Leslie v. The State of Texas, trial court cause number 13F1027-005 in the 5th Judicial District
Court of Bowie County, Texas, to be received by this Court no later than Friday, August 14, 2015.
If the reporter’s record is not received by August 14, we warn Bates that we may begin
contempt proceedings and order her to demonstrate 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: August 4, 2015
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