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COURT OF APPEALS NO. 03-14-00236-CR IN THE

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS APR 17 2015 KEVIN TODD HARDIN, Appellant/Petitioner Abel Acosta, Clerk v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee/Respondent FILED IN On appeal from the Third Court of AppealspOURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAI S Austin, Texas

APR 17 2015 MOTION TO SUSPEND RULE 9.3(b), Abel Acosta, Clerk TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

NOW COMES, KEVIN TODD HARDIN, Appellant/Petitioner in the above styled and numbered cause and moves the Court to suspend Rule 9.3(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. In sup- port of this motion Petitioner shows the Court as follows:

I. Petitioner is currently incarcerated in the Mark W. Michael Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division in Tennessee Colony, Texas.

II. Rule 9.3(b) states in pertinent part: "A party must file the original and 11 copies of any document addressed to...the Court of Criminal Appeals..." See Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.3(b).

III. Due to Petitioner's current incarceration, he is unable to duplicate any documents because he does not have access to a copy machine.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Kevin Todd Hardin respect fully requests that this Court suspend.Rule 9.3(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure in this case and permit him to file only the original of his Petition for Discretionary Review.

Respectfully submitted, espectruiiy submittec KEVIN TODD HARDIN PETITIONER TDCJ No. 1920319 Mark W. Michael Unit 2664 FM 2054 Tennessee Colony, Texas 75886 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the fore going motion has been served by placing same in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to: Burnet County District At torney's Office, P.O. Box 725, Llano, Texas 78643 and State Prose cuting Attorney, P.O. Box 13046, Austin, Texas 78711-3046 on this

KEVIN TODD HARDIN