Order filed August 21, 2013

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-12-00678-CR NO. 14-12-00679-CR ____________ MARVIN LEE WATTS, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 230th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 1333900 and 1333901 SHOW CAUSE ORDER TO: Wilford A. Anderson Main Street, Suite 790 Houston, TX 77002

You are hereby commanded to appear in person in the courtroom of the 14th Court of Appeals, 301 Fannin, 3rd Floor, South Courtroom, Houston, Texas, on October 28, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. to show cause why you should not be held in contempt of court for failing to obey this court=s order of July 2, 2013, ordering you to file a brief in this cause with the clerk of this court on or before August 1, 2013. A copy of that July 2, 2013 order is attached.

WITNESS, The Honorable Adele Hedges, Chief Justice for the 14th Court of Appeals District of Texas, with the Seal annexed, at Houston, Texas, August 21, 2013.

CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE, Clerk In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-12-00678-CR NO. 14-12-00679-CR

THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ANY SHERIFF or CONSTABLE OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS On August 21, 2013, the 14th Court of Appeals District of Texas ordered a SHOW CAUSE ORDER to be issued to Wilford A. Anderson of Harris County, Texas. The order reads as follows: ORDER You are hereby commanded to appear in person in the courtroom of the 14th Court of Appeals, 301 Fannin, 3rd Floor, South Courtroom, Houston, Texas, on October 28, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. to show cause why you should not be held in contempt of court for failing to obey this court=s order of July 2, 2013, ordering you to file a brief in this cause with the clerk of this court on or before August 1, 2013. A copy of that July 2, 2013 order is attached.

NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to serve this SHOW CAUSE ORDER upon Wilford A. Anderson, whose office is located at Main Street, Suite 790, Houston, TX 77002, and file the return with this court showing service.

WITNESS, the Honorable Adele Hedges, Chief Justice of the 14th Court of Appeals District of Texas, with the Seal annexed, at Houston, Texas, August 21, 2013.

CHRISTOPHER PRINE, Clerk OFFICER=S RETURN NO. 14-12-00678-CR NO. 14-12-00679-CR

On ______________________, 2013, at _______ o’clock ____.m., I received the attached Show Cause Order. I delivered a copy of this Show Cause Order to Wilford A. Anderson in person at ____________________________________________ in ____________ County, Texas, on ________________, 2013, at _______ o’clock ____.m.

I was unable to deliver this Show Cause Order because: ________________________________________________________________.

Certified on ____________________, 2013.

_______________________________ Sheriff/Constable Harris County, TX _________________________, Deputy Order filed July 2, 2013

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-12-00678-CR NO. 14-12-00679-CR ____________ MARVIN LEE WATTS, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 230th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 1333900 and 1333901

ORDER Appellant is represented by appointed counsel, Wilford A. Anderson.

Appellant’s brief was originally due October 8, 2012. On November 8, 2012, we abated this appeal and directed the trial court to determine the reason for failure to file a brief. A hearing was held. Wilford A. Anderson represented to the trial court a brief would be filed by January 4, 2013. The appeal was reinstated. On January 4, 2013, Wilford A. Anderson filed a motion for extension of time to file the brief. The motion was granted until February 8, 2013. On February 8, 2013, time to file appellant’s brief expired without a brief and no motion for extension of time was filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). Counsel and the trial court were notified on February 14, 2013, that no brief had been received. No response from appellant was received. On March 22, 2013, we again abated this appeal and directed the trial court to determine the reason for failure to file a brief. A hearing was held. Wilford A. Anderson represented to the trial court a brief would be filed within forty-five days. No brief was filed. Counsel and the trial court were notified on June 4, 2013, that no brief had been received. As of this date, no brief has been filed.

Accordingly, we order Wilford A. Anderson to file a brief with the clerk of this court within thirty days of the date of this order. If Wilford A. Anderson does not timely file the brief as ordered, the court may order him to appear before this court, on a date certain to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for not filing the brief in Appeal Nos. 14-12-00678 -CR; and 14-12-00679-CR; Marvin Lee Watts v. The State of Texas, as ordered.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Boyce, Jamison, and Busby.