Heather Lauren Richards v. State

Richards · Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District at Austin · November 24, 2015 · No. 03-15-00316-CR

Summary

This document is an appellant’s second motion to extend the deadline for filing an appellate brief in a Texas criminal appeal. Counsel requests a 15-day extension, citing an error involving the State’s trial exhibit in the appellate record and the need to investigate and obtain the correct exhibit.

Court
Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District at Austin
Jurisdiction
Texas
Decision date
November 24, 2015
Docket number
03-15-00316-CR
Procedural posture
Appellant filed a second motion in the Third Court of Appeals for a 15-day extension of time to file her opening brief.
Precedential value
No precedential value apparent from the provided motion text
Parties
Heather Lauren Richards v. The State of Texas

Topics

appellate procedurecriminal procedureevidence

Practice areas

appellate procedurecriminal procedureevidence

Questions Presented

  1. Whether Appellant should receive a 15-day extension of time to file her opening brief because of a discrepancy in the appellate record concerning State's Exhibits 70 and 71.

Factual background

The motion states that State's Exhibit 70 in the appellate record was not the recording admitted at trial. According to the motion, the recording in the record was State's Exhibit 71, which had been suppressed by the trial court, while the district clerk possessed the correct State's Exhibit 70. Appellant's counsel sought additional time to investigate the discrepancy with the State and prepare the opening brief.

Procedural history

The appeal arose from the 433rd District Court of Comal County, Texas, under trial court cause number CR2014-091. The document is Appellant's Second Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant's Brief; it states that the brief was due November 24, 2015, and requests a new deadline of December 9, 2015. The provided text contains no ruling on the motion.

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