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APPEAI MO. 07-13-00173-CR IN THE
SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS VIVIANLONG, CLERK

DARRELL L. HOLLEMAN APPEALANT V THE STATE OF TEXAS APPEALLEE

RECEIVED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS JAN 202015

Appeal of Cause No.10.886 from the84th Judicial District Court of Hutchison County Texas Abel Acosta, Clerk

FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION of TIME to FILE APPELLANTS PRO-SE POST DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

To the Honorable Justice of the Court of Appeal; Comes now Darrel Holleman,Appelant Pro-Se and respectfully moves the Court to extend the dead line for filing his Post Discretionary Review by thirty days (30) .In suport, Appellant would show the following:

I On may 16th 2014 the jury found appellant guilty of unlawful possession of firearm by felon. The jury assessed punishment at 15 years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

II On December 4th , 2014 Appellant recieved notice by mail that the appeal had been affirmed and that the appellant had the right to file a Post Directive Reviw Pro Se to the Direct Appeal.

III On 12-24-14the record was first made available to Appellant. The deadline for filing Appellants P.D.R. is Jan 2nd , 2015

IV This is Appellants first request for extension of time.Appellant is unable to meet the deadline for the following reasons:

1) Limited access to law library due to holliday schedule. 2) limited legal knowledge,thereby slowing down my research.

FILED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS JAN 222015

Abel Acosta, Clerk

*2 3) Appellant has been on transient for two weeks, further limiting access to legal matirial. 4) The holliday season interfered with filing dates

V For the reasons stated above,Appellant respectfully requests an additional 30 days to complete the pro Se brief in support of his P.D.R.

VI Appellant prays that the Court grant this motion and extend the time to file appellants Pro Se P.D.R. by 30 days extending the time to the deadline of Febuarary 2nd 2015

Respectfully submitted