Tommy Lane Waddell v. State ( 2014 )

NUMBER 13-13-00611-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
TOMMY LANE WADDELL, Appellant,
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.
On appeal from the 33rd District Court
of Burnet County, Texas.
ORDER TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Perkes and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
This appeal was transferred to this Court from the Third Court of Appeals by order
of the Texas Supreme Court. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.220(a) (West, Westlaw
through 2013 3d C.S.) (delineating the jurisdiction of appellate courts); TEX. GOV'T CODE
ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.S.) (granting the supreme court the
authority to transfer cases from one court of appeals to another at any time that there is
“good cause” for the transfer). This cause is currently before the Court on appellant's
second unopposed extension of time to file the brief. The clerk’s record was filed on
February 3, 2014, and appellant’s brief was originally due to be filed thirty days thereafter.
See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). This Court has previously granted appellant one extension
of time totaling 90 days to file the brief, and appellant now seeks an additional 90 days,
until September 2, 2014, to file the brief.
The Court GRANTS appellant’s second unopposed motion to file the brief and
ORDERS the Honorable Tracy D. Cluck to file the brief on or before September 2, 2014.
The Court looks with disfavor on the delay caused by counsel’s failure to timely file a brief
in this matter. No further extensions will be granted absent exigent circumstances. If
counsel fails to file the brief within the specified period of time, the Court will act
appropriately to ensure that appellant's rights are protected. See id. R. 38.8(b)(4). The
Clerk of this Court is ORDERED to serve a copy of this order on the Honorable Tracy D.
Cluck by certified mail, return receipt requested.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
27th day of June, 2014.
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