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*0 FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/5/2015 10:57:52 AM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 14-14-00568-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 8/5/2015 10:57:52 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK
CAUSE NO. 14-14-00568-CR
MARCUS BROOKS, § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
APPELLANT §
§ 14 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
VS. §
§
THE STATE OF TEXAS, §
APPELLEE § AT HOUSTON, TEXAS
CASE NO. 1408106
THE STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
§
VS. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
§ 230 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MARCUS BROOKS §
APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR LEAVE
TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW MARCUS BROOKS, appellant, by and through his attorney of record,
KURT B. WENTZ, who files this Appellant’s Motion for Leave to File Appellant’s Brief and in
support thereof would show this Court as follows:
I.
The appellant has been found guilty of injury to a child under the age of 15 and sentenced
to 60 years' confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
II.
On August 5, 2014 the court reporter’s record was received by the Court.
The appellant’s brief was originally due on or about September 6, 2014.
III.
This Court has granted previous requests for an extension of time to file the appellant's
brief and recently ruled that the brief is due July 31, 2015.
IV.
The attorney for the appellant was unable to file the appellant’s brief on July 31, 2015
because early that morning counsel was involved in an accident causing him to spend several
hours at a local emergency and suffering pain throughout the remainder of the day.
The appellant’s brief is now complete and being contemporaneously filed with this
Motion.
V.
Counsel for the appellant requests that the Court accept the appellant’s brief for filing and
file the appellant’s brief upon approving this motion.
VI.
This motion is not intended for the purposes of delay but only so that justice may be
done.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the appellant prays that the Court grant this
motion in all things.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Kurt B. Wentz____________________________
5629 Cypress Creek Parkway, Suite 115
Houston, Texas 77069
Phone: 281/587-0088
e-mail: kbsawentz@yahoo.com
State Bar No. 21179300
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Kurt B. Wentz, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this motion was served on
the Assistant District Attorney for Harris County, Texas presently handling this cause on the 5 th
day of August, 2015.
/s/Kurt B. Wentz___________________________