COURT OF APPEALS

CATHERINE STONE

 CHIEF JUSTICE

KAREN ANGELINI

SANDEE BRYAN 

MARION

MARIALYN BARNARD

REBECA C. MARTINEZ

PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ

LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA

 JUSTICES

FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

CADENA-REEVES JUSTICE CENTER 

300 DOLOROSA, SUITE 3200

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205-3037

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KEITH E. HOTTLE 

CLERK OF COURT

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March 18, 2014

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District Attorney

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RE: Court of Appeals Numbers: 04-14-00136-CR, 04-14-00137-CR, 04-14-00138-CR, &

04-14-00139-CR

Trial Court Case Numbers: 12-CR-611, 12-CR-615, 12-CR-613, & 12-CR-609

Style: Billy Edward Gonzalez

v.

The State of Texas

Enclosed please find the order which the Honorable Court of Appeals has 

issued in reference to the above styled and numbered causes.

If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Very truly yours,

KEITH E. HOTTLE, CLERK

_____________________________

Jonathan Quintero

Deputy Clerk, Ext. 53220
The State of TexasAppellee/s

Fourth Court of Appeals

San Antonio, Texas

March 18, 2014

Nos. 04-14-00136-CR, 04-14-00137-CR, 04-14-00138-CR, & 04-14-00139-CR

Billy Edward GONZALEZ,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 381st Judicial District Court, Starr County, Texas

Trial Court Nos. 12-CR-611, 12-CR-615-CR, 12-CR-613, & 12-CR-609

Honorable Jose Luis Garza, Judge Presiding

ORDER

The trial court imposed the sentences in Appeal Nos. 04-14-00136-CR, 04-14-00138-CR, and 04-14-

00139-CR on October 30, 2013, and signed the order being appealed in Appeal No. 04-14-00137-CR on

October 31, 2013. Appellant did not file a motion for new trial. Because appellant did not file a timely 

motion for new trial, the deadline for filing the notice of appeal was November 29, 2014, for Appeal Nos. 04-

14-00136-CR, 04-14-00138-CR, and 04-14-00139-CR, and December 2, 2014, for Appeal No. 04-14-00137-

CR. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). A notice of appeal was not filed until February 25, 2014, and the record 

shows it was not mailed until February 18, 2104, and appellant did not file a motion for extension of time to 

file the notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. 

We therefore order appellant to file a written response on or before April 17, 2014 showing cause 

why these appeals should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 

(Tex. Crim. App. 1996) (holding that timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke court of appeals’

jurisdiction). If appellant fails to satisfactorily respond within the time provided, the appeals will be 

dismissed. If a supplemental clerk’s record is required to show jurisdiction, appellant must ask the trial court 

clerk to prepare one and must notify the clerk of this court that such a request was made. 

We order all deadlines in this matter suspended until further order of the court. We further order the 

clerk of this court to serve a copy of this order on all counsel and the court reporter. 

_________________________________

Marialyn Barnard, Justice

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 

18th day of March, 2014.

___________________________________

Keith E. Hottle

Clerk of Court
MINUTES

Court of Appeals

Fourth Court of Appeals District

San Antonio, Texas

March 18, 2014

Nos. 04-14-00136-CR, 04-14-00137-CR, 04-14-00138-CR, & 04-14-00139-CR

Billy Edward GONZALEZ,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 381st Judicial District Court, Starr County, Texas

Trial Court Nos. 12-CR-611, 12-CR-615-CR, 12-CR-613, & 12-CR-609

Honorable Jose Luis Garza, Judge Presiding

ORDER

The trial court imposed the sentences in Appeal Nos. 04-14-00136-CR, 04-14-00138-CR, and 04-14-

00139-CR on October 30, 2013, and signed the order being appealed in Appeal No. 04-14-00137-CR on

October 31, 2013. Appellant did not file a motion for new trial. Because appellant did not file a timely 

motion for new trial, the deadline for filing the notice of appeal was November 29, 2014, for Appeal Nos. 04-

14-00136-CR, 04-14-00138-CR, and 04-14-00139-CR, and December 2, 2014, for Appeal No. 04-14-00137-

CR. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.2(a)(1). A notice of appeal was not filed until February 25, 2014, and the record 

shows it was not mailed until February 18, 2104, and appellant did not file a motion for extension of time to 

file the notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. 

We therefore order appellant to file a written response on or before April 17, 2014 showing cause 

why these appeals should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 522 

(Tex. Crim. App. 1996) (holding that timely notice of appeal is necessary to invoke court of appeals’

jurisdiction). If appellant fails to satisfactorily respond within the time provided, the appeals will be 

dismissed. If a supplemental clerk’s record is required to show jurisdiction, appellant must ask the trial court 

clerk to prepare one and must notify the clerk of this court that such a request was made. 

We order all deadlines in this matter suspended until further order of the court. We further order the 

clerk of this court to serve a copy of this order on all counsel and the court reporter. 

/s/ Marialyn Barnard

Marialyn Barnard, Justice

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 

18th day of March, 2014.

/s/ Keith E. Hottle

Keith E. Hottle

Clerk of Court

ENTERED THIS 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 2014.