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*0 FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 09/29/15 2:54:45 PM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk *1 ACCEPTED 04-14-00338-CR FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 9/29/2015 2:54:45 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK NO.  04-­‐14-­‐00338-­‐CR   BENNY  CAVASOS  VALVERDE,     §   IN  THE  COURT  OF

Appellant

vs.   §   APPEALS,  FOURTH

THE  STATE  OF  TEXAS,     §   COURT  OF  APPEALS

Appellee

§   SAN  ANTONIO,  TEXAS   A  MOTION  FOR  EXTENSION  OF   TIME  TO  FILE  APPELLEE’S  BRFIEF   TO  THE  HONORABLE  COURT  OF  APPEALS:

Now  comes  the  State  of  Texas,  Appellee  in  the  instant  cause,  by

and  through  his  undersigned  counsel,  Edward  F.  Shaughnessy,  and  files

this  Appellee’s  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  to  File  Appellee’s  Brief.    In

support  of  the  instant  motion  the  Appellee  would  show  unto  this  Court

the  following:

A.

The  Appellant  is  appealing  the  judgment  of  the  290 th     District

Court  of    Bexar  County  Texas  wherein  he  was  convicted  of  Murder  and

sentenced  to  thirty  (30)  years  of  confinement  in  the  Institutional

Division  of  the  Texas  Department  of  Criminal  Justice.    Notice  of  Appeal

was  filed  in  a  timely  fashion  in  the  trial  Court.

B.

The  undersigned  is  serving  as  a  prosecutor pro  tem pursuant  to  an

appointment  by  the  judge  of  the  290 th   District  Court  of  Bexar  County  due

to  a  conflict  of  interest  on  the  part  of  the  Criminal  District  Attorney  for

Bexar  County.    The  undersigned  did  not  serve  as  the  prosecutor  in  the

trial  Court.

C.

The  Appellant’s  brief  in  the  instant  matter  was  filed  in  this  Court

on  June  1,  2015.  The  Appellee’s  brief  was  due  to  be  filed  on  September

21,  2015.    The  Appellee  would  request  a  thirty-­‐day  extension  of  time  to

file  the  Appellee’s  brief  until  October  21,  2015.

C.

Counsel  is  in  the  process  of  compiling  briefs  in  the  following

matters:    James  Garza  v.  The  State  of  Texas,  Cause  No.  04-­‐15-­‐000456-­‐CR

and  Richard  Longoria  v.  The  State  of  Texas,  Cause  No.  13-­‐15-­‐00173-­‐CR.

The  undersigned  is  also  in  the  process  of  compiling  a  Petition  for

Discretionary  Review  in  the  case  of  Alvin  Valadez  v.  The  State  of  Texas,

Cause  No.  04-­‐1400626-­‐CR.

D.

The  record  of  the  instant  case  has  been  obtained  from  the  office  of

the  Clerk  and  a  review  of  that  record  has  been  undertaken.

E.

The  undersigned  is  also  in  the  process  of  compiling  a  proposed

order  on  the  post-­‐conviction  writ  of  habeas  corpus  in  the  case  of  Ex

Parte  Denise  Crouch,  Cause  no.  08-­‐06-­‐9897-­‐1-­‐CR,  currently  pending

before  the  38 th  District  Court  for  Medina  County.

PRAYER

Wherefore  premises  considered,  the  Appellee  would  request  a

sixty  day  extension  of  time  file  the  brief  in  the  instant  case  until  October

21,  2015.

Respectfully  submitted,   /S/_____________________________   Edward  F.  Shaughnessy,  III   Attorney  for  the  Appellee   206  East  Locust  Street   San  Antonio,  Texas  78212   SBN:  18134500   Phone:  (210)  212-­‐6700   Fax:  (210)  212-­‐2178   Shaughnessy727@gmail.com *5 CERTIFICATE  OF  SERVICE   I  hereby  certify  that  a  copy  of  the  instant  motion  was  served  upon

David   Schulman,   attorney   for   the   appellant   by   e-­‐mailing   the   motion   to

zdrdavida@davidschulman.com  on  this  the  29 th  day  of  September,  2015.

/S/____________________________

Edward  F.  Shaughnessy,  III

Attorney  for  the  Appellant