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RECEIVED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS NO. MAR 202015
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS: Abel Acosta, Clerk COMES NOW the Appellant/Petitioner in the above-styled and numbered cause and respectfully moves this Honorable Court to extend the time for filing the Appellant's Petition for Discretionary Review in this cause and in support thereof would show to the Court the following:
- The style and number of this case in the Court of Appeals, is: .
The State of Texas, Appeal No. 05-13-01495 -CR. 2. The style and number of the case in the trial court is: The State of Texas .
Degrans Ray mayes, Cause No. District Court of Dallas County, Texas. 3. The Appellant was convicted of the felony offense of Aggeavated Robbery. 4. Judgment was entered on and punishment was assessed at 4/5 years confinement and a fine in the amount of . 5. The conviction was affirmed in the Court of Appeals on .
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- The deadline for filing the Appellant's Petition for Discretionary Review in this cause is .
- An extension of time for a period of sixty (60) days is requested that would make the due date
- No prior request for an extension of time has been made.
- The facts relied upon to show good cause for the requested extension are, as follows: The Appellant/Petitioner was represented by court appointed counsel during the appeal of this case to the Court of Appeals. After the conviction was affirmed, the trial court refused to appoint counsel to file a Petition for Discretionary Review. Therefore, additional time is needed for the Appellant/Petitioner to either prepare and file the Petition pro se or to seek legal assistance in filing the Petition.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Appellant /Petitioner respectfully requests that this Honorable Court extend time for filing the Petition for Discretionary Review in this cause to
Respectfully submitted,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The Appellant/Petitioner hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion has been mailed to the Office of the Criminal District Attorney for Dallas County, Frank Crowley Courts Building, 133 North Industrial Blvd., 11th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75207, and mailed via U.S. mail, to the Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney, P.O. Box 12405, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas 78711, on the day of , 2009 D, H
