Weldon Boyce Bridges v. State ( 2013 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-12-00109-CR
WELDON BOYCE BRIDGES, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 159th District Court
Angelina County, Texas
Trial Court No. CR-27979
Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Weldon Boyce Bridges appeals from the denial of his Motion for Forensic DNA
Testing. 1 The order denying his motion was signed May 25, 2012, his notice of appeal was filed
June 11, the clerk’s record was filed August 1, and a supplemental clerk’s record was filed
August 23. Appellant’s brief was originally due September 24. We granted Bridges three
extensions of his briefing deadline, the last of which resulted in a due date of December 27. We
warned Bridges at that time that “[n]o more extensions will be granted.” On January 29, 2013,
our clerk’s office sent Bridges a late brief notice giving him until February 8 to file his brief or
risk dismissal of his appeal for want of prosecution or for failure to follow the directives of this
Court. While Bridges has been prolific in his filings with this Court, he has not filed the
appellant brief in this matter.
Pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 42.3(b) and (c), we dismiss this appeal
for want of prosecution. See Rodriguez v. State, 970 S.W.2d 133 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1998,
pet. ref’d).
Josh R. Morriss, III
Chief Justice
Date Submitted: March 26, 2013
Date Decided: March 27, 2013
1
Originally appealed to the Twelfth Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas
Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West
2005). We are unaware of any conflict between precedent of the Twelfth Court of Appeals and that of
this Court on any relevant issue. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3.
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Do Not Publish
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