                              NUMBER 13-17-00338-CR

                              COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG


JOHNNY BALDERA, JR.,                                                          Appellant,

                                            v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                                            Appellee.


                     On appeal from the 24th District Court
                          of Calhoun County, Texas.



                  ORDER TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
            Before Justices Rodriguez, Contreras, and Hinojosa
                             Order Per Curiam

       This cause is currently before the Court on appellant's second motion for extension

of time to file the brief.   The reporter’s record was filed on October 10, 2017, 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 an extension of 113 days to file the

brief, and appellant now seeks an additional 63 days to file the brief.

       The Court GRANTS appellant’s second motion for extension to file the brief and

ORDERS the Honorable Luis A. Martinez to file the brief on or before May 4, 2018. 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).



                                                 PER CURIAM

Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the
21st day of March, 2018.




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