Case Information
*1 In The
Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-16-00197-CR
GABRIELA ORTIZ, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 354th District Court Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court No. 30272 Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
O R D E R
Court reporter Julie Vrooman recorded the trial court proceedings in appellate cause number 06-16-00197-CR, styled Gabriela Ortiz v. The State of Texas , trial court cause number 30272 in the 354th Judicial District Court of Hunt County, Texas. The reporter’s record was originally due in this matter December 15, 2016. That deadline was extended twice by this Court on Vrooman’s request, resulting in the most recent due date of February 16, 2017. Although we warned Vrooman that additional requests to extend the deadline would not be looked upon with favor, she has nonetheless filed a third request to extend the filing deadline in this matter.
The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure establish that “trial and appellate courts are jointly responsible for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed.” T EX . R. A PP . P. 35.3(c). The Rules further instruct that an “appellate court may enter any order necessary to ensure the timely filing of the appellate record.” Id. In furtherance of our responsibilities established by the Rules, we find we must take steps to ensure that the record in this case is filed in a reasonable amount of time.
Therefore, we order Vrooman to file the reporter’s record in cause number 06-16-00197- CR, styled Gabriela Ortiz v. The State of Texas , trial court cause number 30272 in the 354th Judicial District Court of Hunt County, Texas, to be received no later than the close of business on Friday, March 3, 2017.
If the reporter’s record is not received on or before March 3, we warn Vrooman that we may begin contempt proceedings and order her to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of this Court for failing to obey its order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: February 22, 2017