*1 PD-0730-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 6/15/2015 4:24:17 PM Accepted 6/18/2015 9:51:53 AM ABEL ACOSTA No. 02-14-00179-CR CLERK IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

DALLAS CARL TATE, Appellant v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Appeal from Montague County

* * * * * STATE’S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING ITS

PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW * * * * *

Lisa C. McMinn

State Prosecuting Attorney

Bar I.D. No. 13803300

Asst. State Prosecuting Attorney

P. O. Box 13046

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

Comes now the State of Texas, by and through its State Prosecuting Attorney, and respectfully submits to the Court its motion to extend the time for filing its petition for discretionary review to and including the 29 day of June, 2015. The court of appeals’s opinion was not forwarded to this office until two weeks after it was issued, and the additional time requested will provide the full thirty days to complete the petition. No previous motions to extend this deadline have been filed.

WHEREFORE, the State prays that its motion to extend the time for filing its petition until June 29, 2015, be granted.

Respectfully submitted, JOHN R. MESSINGER *3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of the foregoing State’s Motion to Extend the Time for Filing its Petition for Discretionary Review has been e-filed or e-mailed on this the 15 day of June, 2015 to:

Zachary Renfro

Special Prosecutor

304 Clay St.

Nocona, Texas 76255

renfrolawoffice@gmail.com

Paige Williams

District Attorney

P.O. Box 55

Montague, Texas 76251

paige.williams@co.montague.tx.us

Lynn Switzer

406 N. Grand Ave., Suite 108

Gainesville, Texas 76241

lynn.switzer@thesolawfirm.com