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*0 FILED IN 6th COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 5/11/2015 8:13:00 AM DEBBIE AUTREY Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 06-14-00183-CR SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 5/11/2015 12:00:00 AM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AT TEXARKANA
DONALD RAY BROWN,
Appellant
vs. Appellate Cause No. 06-14-00183-CR
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
APPELLANT'S FIRST MOTION
FOR EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO FILE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:
COMES NOW the Appellant in the above styled and numbered cause and respectfully
moves the Court in accordance with Tex. R. App. Pro. Rule 38.6 (d), to extend the time for filing
Appellant's Brief in this cause, and in support therefore would respectfully show unto the Court
as follows:
I.
The certified Clerk's Record was timely filed on the 30 th day of January, 2015, and the
certified Reporter's Record was timely filed on the 8 th day of April, 2015.
II.
The current deadline for filing Appellant's Brief is the 11 day of May, 2015.
III.
The undersigned attorney has not had sufficient time to prepare Appellant's brief within
the currently prescribed time allotted and hereby requests an additional thirty (30) days in which
to prepare the brief. More specifically, undersigned attorney has been preparing for pretrial
hearings and trial in the following cases:
1. United States vs Kevin Bolton, Cause No. 6:14CR60003-001, United States District
Court for the Western District of Arkansas, a potential federal death penalty case wherein
the undersigned is currently developing the defendant’s mitigation case to be presented to
the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas and to the
United States Department of Justice in an effort to avoid authorization to seek the death
penalty.
IV.
Appellant's attorney has not previously requested an extension of time to file the Brief in
this cause.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully requests this
Honorable Court extend the time for filing his brief in this cause until the 11 day of June, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAIG L. HENRY
Attorney at Law
723 Main Street
P.O. Box 3226
Texarkana, Texas 75504-3226
(903) 792-4645
FAX - (903) 792-5073
Lawyrntx@aol.com
By /s/ Craig L. Henry
Craig L. Henry
Arkansas Bar # 90142
Oklahoma Bar # 016779
Texas Bar # 09479260
Attorney for Appellant
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion has been delivered
electronically and via courier to Mr. Jerry Rochelle, Bowie County District Attorney, 601 Main
Street, Texarkana, Texas 75501, this 9 day of August, 2015.
/s/ Craig L. Henry
Craig L. Henry