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*0 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/20/2015 3:21:46 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 01-14-01016-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/20/2015 3:21:46 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK
No. 01-14-01016-CR
GERARDO TAPIA-LOPEZ X IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
X
X
VS. X
X
X
THE STATE OF TEXAS X OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF
COMES NOW, GERARDO TAPIA-LOPEZ, Appellant, and moves for an
extension of thirty (30) days in which to file the Appellant’s brief in this case, until
and including April 20, 2015, and shows:
A. The deadline for filing the Appellant’s Brief in this cause is currently Friday,
March 20, 2015.
C. A request is hereby made for an extension of time to file the Appellant’s Brief,
until and including Monday, April 20, 2015.
D. The undersigned attorney, Bob Wicoff, has been unusually busy with other
matters which have kept him from completing the brief by the current
deadline, including, but not limited to, the following:
FEANYICHI UVUKANSI VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 01-14-00527-
CR; Appellant’s brief filed on March 9, 2015 (capital murder);
GRISELDA AZA VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; Nos. 14-14-00241-CR and
14-14-00242-CR; Appellant’s brief filed on March 11, 2015;
RICHARD ANTHONY SCOTT VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 14-14-
00726-CR; Appellant’s brief filed on March 18, 2015;
NORMA SANCHEZ VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 14-14-00780-CR;
Appellant’s brief filed on March 19, 2015;
JAMIE IBARRA VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. PD-0206-15; Appellant’s
PDR due on March 25, 2015.
Additionally, the undersigned serves on the Texas Forensic Science
Commission Hair Microscopy Panel, as part of a team reviewing hundreds of cases
involving possible errors in expert testimony. The undersigned also has ongoing
administrative duties in his position as chief of the appellate division of the Harris
County Public Defender’s Office.
D. No previous extensions have been requested.
Respectfully submitted,
ALEXANDER BUNIN
Chief Public Defender
Harris County Texas
/s/ Bob Wicoff __________
1201 Franklin, Thirteenth Floor
Houston Texas 77002
(713) 274-6781
TBA No. 21422700
Bob.wicoff@pdo.hctx.net
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
A true copy of this motion has been served electronically on the Harris County
District Attorney’s Office Appellate Division on the 20 th day of March, 2015.
/s/ _ Bob Wicoff _________