Summary
The Texas Fourth Court of Appeals orders appellate cause numbers 04-13-00409-CR and 04-13-00410-CR consolidated for briefing, argument, and disposition. The order permits separate records for each appeal and directs that both appeals be decided in a single judgment, opinion, and mandate.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the two related criminal appeals should be consolidated for purposes of briefing, argument, disposition, and issuance of a single judgment, opinion, and mandate.
Holdings
- Appeal Nos. 04-13-00409-CR and 04-13-00410-CR are consolidated for briefing, pleadings, argument, disposition, and issuance of a single judgment, opinion, and mandate, while the appellate record in each case remains separate.
Key quotations
“In the interest of the efficient administration of the court’s docket, we order Appeal Nos. 04-13-00409-CR and 04-13-00410-CR consolidated.”
Factual background
The order concerns two criminal appeals involving Roy Martinez, Jr. from separate trial-court cause numbers. The appellate court determined that efficient administration of its docket warranted consolidating the appeals for briefing, argument, judgment, opinion, and mandate, while preserving separate appellate records.
Procedural history
The two appeals arose from separate cases in the 25th Judicial District Court of Guadalupe County, Texas. The court of appeals consolidated the appeals for efficient docket administration while requiring separate records and separate filing of any case-specific supplemental materials.