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*0 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/26/2015 3:21:19 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 01-14-00660-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 2/26/2015 3:21:19 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 01-14-00660-CR In the

Court of Appeals

For the First District of Texas At Houston

 No. 1377034

In the 230th Criminal District Court Of Harris County, Texas  RODASHIAN E. DEGAR Appellant

v. THE STATE OF TEXAS Appellee

 STATE’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME IN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF  TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS:

COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, in accordance with Rules

10.5(b)(1) and 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and files this

motion for extension of time in which to file the State’s brief in this case, and, in

support thereof, presents the following:

1. In the 230th Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas, in cause

number 1377034, a jury convicted appellant of murder in The State of Texas

v. Rodashian Degar .

2. On July 29, 2014, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement in the

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division,

for twelve years.

3. On July 29, 2014, appellant timely written notice of appeal.

4. Appellant filed his appellate brief with this Court on January 27, 2015.

5. The State’s appellate brief is due on February 26, 2015.

6. This is the State’s first request for an extension.

7. An extension of time in which to file the State’s appellate brief is requested

until March 26, 2015.

8. The facts relied upon to explain the need for this extension are:

During the time in which the undersigned attorney has been

researching and preparing the State’s appellate brief for this case,

she was also researching and preparing the State’s appellate briefs

in the following cases assigned that are also to her:

i. Ex parte Riku Melartin ; No. 14-14-00926-CR ii. Ex parte Juan Raul Rojas ; No. 14-14-00781-CR iii. Approximately $31,421.00 v. State of Texas ; No. 14-14- 00385-CV

iv. Denzel Earl McGee v. State of Texas ; No. 14-14-00494- CR

Additionally, the undersigned attorney was required to prepare for

and present oral argument to this Court on Tuesday, February 24,

2014, in Hector Rodriguez v. State of Texas , No. 01-12-00970-CR.

Consequently, the undersigned attorney has been unable to complete

the State’s reply brief in this case in the time permitted despite due

diligence, and the requested extension of time is necessary to permit

the undersigned attorney to adequately investigate, complete, and

file the State’s appellate brief for this cause.

9. The State’s motion is not for purposes of delay, but so that justice may be

done.

WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant an extension of

time until March 26, 2015, for the undersigned attorney to complete and file the

State’s appellate brief in this case.

Respectfully submitted, / S / Melissa Hervey M ELISSA P. H ERVEY Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas State Bar No. 24053741 1201 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone (713) 755-5826 Fax (713) 755-5809 Hervey_Melissa@dao.hctx.net *4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that the undersigned counsel has directed the e-filing

system eFile.TXCourts.gov to serve a true and correct copy of the foregoing

document upon Allen C. Isbell, appellant’s attorney of record on appeal, on

February 26, 2015, at the following e-mail address, through the electronic service

system provided by eFile.TXCourts.gov:

allenisbell@sbcglobal.net

/ S / Melissa Hervey M ELISSA P. H ERVEY Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas State Bar Number: 24053741 1201 Franklin Street, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 Telephone (713) 755-5826 Fax (713) 755-5809 Hervey_Melissa@dao.hctx.net