Q: I turned in my appellate brief to First Court Of Appeals Harris county, Tx. Will court accept anymore documents.
Not new evidence but documented merits that support my vital truth and testimony towards the respondent?
A: The court of appeals will only consider what is in the clerk’s record and reporter’s record as evidence and what is in the appellate briefs as argument. It would be rare for anything else to be useful or proper to submit to an appellate court.
A: You could file a letter of supplemental authority, especially if new case law has been decided since your briefing that might be relevant to the outcome.
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