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*1 PD-1478-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 11/13/2015 2:31:42 PM Accepted 11/16/2015 2:46:49 PM PD-_________________ ABEL ACOSTA CLERK IN THE
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS 01-14-00536-CR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON, TEXAS DENNIS ROY REDDING § APPELLANT
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§ THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPELLEE APPEAL IN CAUSE NO. 12-CR-2363 IN THE 212 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF GALVESTON COUNTY APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:
NOW COMES, , Appellant in the above entitled and numbered cause, by and through his attorney of record, Stanley G. Schneider, and submits this Motion for Extension of Time to file his Petition for Discretionary Review until December 16, 2015. For good cause, Appellant shows as follows:
1. The First Court of Appeals issued its opinion on October 15, 2015. Appellant did not file a Motion for Rehearing. Appellant’s petition for discretionary review is due November 16, 2015. This is Appellant’s first request for an extension of time to file Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review.
2. Appellant’s counsel is in trial in State of Texas v. Robert Yetman , Cause Number in the 176 District Court of Harris County, Texas. A jury was selected on October 29, 2015, and evidence began November 2, 2015, and the trial has not yet concluded.
3. Appellant’s counsel participated in the following in the past thirty days: State of Texas v. Eric Heilman , Post Conviction Hearing after case was reversed and remanded back to the trial court on appeal. This post conviction hearing was assigned to Judge Kent Walston for the County Court at Law No. 2 of Jefferson County, Texas.
4. This Motion is not made for delay, but to see that justice is done. Appellant submits that the State of Texas will not be prejudiced by the granting of this continuance.
PRAYER WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that the deadline for filing of Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to file his Petition for Discretionary Review be extended to December 16, 2015.
Respectfully submitted, SCHNEIDER & McKINNEY, P.C. /s Stanley G. Schneider Stanley G. Schneider T.B.C. No. 17790500 440 Louisiana Suite 800 Houston, Texas 77002 Office: 713-951-9994 Fax: 713-224-6008 Email: stans3112@aol.com ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the attached and foregoing Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Petition of Discretionary Review has been mailed, hand- delivered, or e-mailed on this 13 th day of November, 2015, to the office of the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office located at 600 59 Street, Galveston, Texas 77551 and the Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney, P.O. Box 13046, Austin, Texas 78711.
/s/ Stanley G. Schneider Stanley G. Schneider