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*1 PD-0646-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 5/28/2015 2:43:28 PM Accepted 5/28/2015 4:47:04 PM ABEL ACOSTA APPEAL NO. ___________ CLERK COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
IN RE EMMANUEL ARMENDARIZ, PETITIONER
Appeal from Eighth Court of Appeals, No. 08-13-00125-CR Appeal from the 409 th District Court of El Paso County, Texas (TC#20100D06116)
MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW To the Honorable Justices of Said Court:
Now comes Emmanuel Armendariz, Appellant in the above styled and numbered cause, and moves for an extension of time of 30 days to file a petition for discretionary review, and for good cause shows the following:
1. On May 8, 2015, the Court of Appeals affirmed appellant's conviction. Emmanuel Armendariz v. State, 08-13-00125-CR. This petition is therefore due on June 8, 2015.
2. Counsels will be unable to complete the petition for the following reasons: Petitioner's attorneys will not be able to complete the Petition for Discretionary Review by the due date because of the 1) complexity of the legal issues requiring extensive research and writing; 2) counsels' responsibilities on other urgent client matters, and 3) Petitioner's counsels have complex briefs due before the Eighth Court of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court due in June and *2 July, that require extensive research and drafting.
3. Defendant is currently free on bond.
Wherefore, Premises Considered , Petitioner respectfully requests an extension of 30 days, i.e. until July 9, 2015 , to file a petition for discretionary review.
Respectfully submitted,
Law Offices of Eduardo N. Lerma, Sr.
1417 Montana Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79902-5617
T / 915.533.0177
F / 915.533.7236
Lerma Law
1417 Montana Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79902-5617
T / 915.533.4779
F / 915.533.7236
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned counsel certifies that this pleading was served by electronic service on opposing party: Tom Darnold, Appellate lead attorney for the District Attorney's Office, El Paso County, 500 East San Antonio St., Room 201, El Paso, Texas 79901, at t.darnold@epcounty.com and the State Prosecuting Attorney at information@spa.texas.gov .
*4 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
On May 28, 2015, the undersigned attorney conferred with Respondent’s counsel by telephonic communication, Tom Darnold, who does not oppose this extension.