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*1 PD-0143-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 7/31/2015 1:38:38 PM Accepted 8/3/2015 8:32:03 AM ABEL ACOSTA CLERK Cause No. PD-0143-15 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS FOR TEXAS
CYNTHIA AMBROSE, §
Appellant/Petitioner, §
§ On Discretionary Review v. § From the Fourth Court of
§ Appeals § San Antonio, Texas THE STATE OF TEXAS, § Cause No. 04-13-00788-CR
Appellant/Respondent. § STATE’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF [UNOPPOSED]
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS: Now comes the State of Texas, Respondent in the above styled and numbered cause, by and through the undersigned Assistant Criminal District Attorney, pursuant to Rules of Appellate Procedure 38.6 and 10.5, and respectfully requests a thirty (30) day extension of the time to file its brief in response. In support of this Motion, the State would show the following: The State’s brief is currently due on August 6, 2015 . The requested extension is 14 days which, if granted, would make the State’s
brief due on August 20, 2015 . *2 3. Extension is warranted due to the undersigned’s present caseload which
includes:
a. Preparation of the State’s Brief in Response for the Fourth Court of
Appeals in Adam Eannarino v. State , 04-14-00894-CR, due August 5, 2015.
b. Preparation for trial in the case of State v. Mark McGee (Burglary), set
August 3, 2015 in the 175 th District Court for Bexar County. c. Preparation for trial case of State v. Christopher Zavala , (Online
Solicitation of a Minor) 2012-CR-6759, set August 10, 2015, in the 226 District Court for Bexar County. Extension is requested because the State requires additional time to compose
a response that will adequately assist this Court in rendering its opinion. This is the State’s first motion for extension of a briefing deadline in this case
before this court. The State does not anticipate the need for additional extensions.
PRAYER BY THE FOREGOING REASONS AND AUTHORITIES, the State of Texas respectfully prays this Honorable Court grant it an additional fourteen (14) days in which to file its brief in response.
Respectfully Submitted: *3 ______________________________ S. Patrick Ballantyne Assistant Criminal District Attorney Bexar County, Texas State Bar # 24053759 101 W. Nueva St., 7 floor San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-335-2277 (phone) sballantyne@bexar.org CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, S. Patrick Ballantyne, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this Brief was transmitted this 31 st day of July, 2015, to Dayna L. Jones, attorney of record for Petitioner by electronic service through a court approved eFiling system.
______________________ S. Patrick Ballantyne