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*0 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/13/2015 12:32:12 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 01-14-00900-cr FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/13/2015 12:32:12 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 01-14-00900-CR In the
Court of Appeals For the
First Judicial District of Texas At Houston
♦ No. 1344231
In the 180th District Court of ♦ F ELICITY B URRIS Appellant
v. T HE S TATE OF T EXAS Appellee
♦ STATE’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME IN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF ♦ TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS:
COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, in accordance with Rules 10.1(a)
and 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and files this motion for
extension of time in which to file the State’s brief in this case, and, in support thereof,
presents the following:
1. In the 180th District Court of Harris County, Texas, in The State of Texas v.
Felicity Burris, Cause Numbers 1344231, appellant was charged with arson.
2. The court deferred appellant’s adjudication for five years.
3. The State’s brief is due on April 13, 2015.
5. An extension of time in which to file the State’s brief is requested until May 13,
2015.
6. No previous extension has been requested by the State.
7. The facts relied upon to explain the need for this extension are:
a) The undersigned attorney was assigned this case on March 17, 2015.
b) Since the undersigned attorney was assigned this case, the attorney finished
writing the State’s briefs in the following cases:
(1) Cause Number 14-14-00473-CR, Jimmy Earl Van-Cleave, Appellant v. The
State of Texas, Appellee , which involves three points of error and three
volumes of the reporter’s record;
(2) Cause Number 01-14-00581-CR, Brodies E. Myles, Appellant v. The State of
Texas, Appellee , which involves one points of error and four volumes of
the reporter’s record; and
(3) Cause Number 01-14-00421-CR, Eric Dewayne Small, Appellant v. The State
of Texas, Appellee , which involves six points of error and eight volumes of
the reporter’s record.
c) The undersigned attorney was also preparing for oral argument in Cause
Number 01-13-00931-CR, Melissa Dromgoole, Appellant v. The State of Texas,
Appellee , that was held on April 8, 2015.
d) The undersigned attorney is also currently engaged in the preparation of the
State’s Brief in the following appellate cause numbers:
(1) Cause Number 14-14-00874-CR, Charles Roberts, Appellant v. The State of
Texas, Appellee , which involves three points of error and seven volumes
of the reporter’s record;
(2) Cause Number 01-14-00900-CR, James Lee Skinner, Appellant v. The State
of Texas, Appellee , which involves three points of error and four volumes
of the reporter’s record; and
(3) Cause Number 14-14-00910-CR, Ex parte Erik Montes De Oca-Orozco ,
which involves two points of error and one volume of the reporter’s
record.
WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant an extension of time until
May 13, 2015 in which to file the State’s brief in this case.
Respectfully submitted, Carly Dessauer /s/ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C ARLY D ESSAUER Assistant District Attorney 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 755-5826 State Bar No. 24069083 dessauer_carly@dao.hctx.net *5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing instrument will be served to
appellant’s attorney on April 13, 2015 through TexFile :
Tommy LaFon
Attorney at Law
1244 Heights Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77008
tomlafon@aol.com
/s/ Carly Dessauer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C ARLY D ESSAUER Assistant District Attorney 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 755-5826 State Bar No. 24069083 dessauer_carly@dao.hctx.net curry_alan@dao.hctx.net Date: April 13, 2015