*1 PD-0077-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 5/22/2015 5:40:52 PM Accepted 5/26/2015 8:26:19 AM ABEL ACOSTA CLERK STEVEN COLE,

STATE OF TEXAS,

Appeal from Gregg County

P. O. Box 13046

512/463-5724 (Fax)

STEVEN COLE,

STATE OF TEXAS,

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

Pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure, the State moves this Honorable Court to extend the time for filing its Brief on the Merits in this case to and including th the 5 day of June, 2015. This Court granted the State’s petition for discretionary

review on April 22, 2015, and the deadline for filing the State’s brief is May, 22, 2015.

The State is unable to file its petition by the deadline for the following reasons: Counsel spoke at a judicial conference in Dallas on May 15, 2015, presented oral argument to this Court in Peraza v. State , No. PD-0100-15 & 0101-15 on May 20, 2015, and filed the State’s brief in Leming v. State , No. PD-0072-15 on May 20, 2015. *3 WHEREFORE, the State prays that its motion to extend the time for filing its Brief on the Merits until June 5, 2015, be granted.

Respectfully submitted, Lisa C. McMinn

512-463-5724 (Fax)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of the foregoing State’s Motion to Extend the Time for Filing its Brief on the Merits has been e-served or e-mailed on this the 22 day of May, 2015 to: nd

Zan Colson Brown

Assistant District Attorney

101 East Methvin, Suite 333

Longview, Texas, 75601

zan.brown@co.gregg.tx.us

Ebb Mobley

Longview, Texas 75606

ebbmob@aol.com