PD-1668-14 PD-1668-14
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Transmitted 12/22/2014 1:30:05 PM
December 29, 2014 Accepted 12/29/2014 1:59:32 PM
ABEL ACOSTA
PDR NO. ____________________ CLERK
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AT AUSTIN, TEXAS
ZACHARY BLAKE HERNANDEZ, Appellant
VS.
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ON APPEAL FROM THE 142nd DISTRICT COURT
OF MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS
AND ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
FROM THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT
EASTLAND
APPELLANT’S PRO SE MOTION TO EXTEND TIME
TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:
COMES NOW ZACHARY BLAKE HERNANDEZ, pro se Appellant in the above-
styled and numbered cause, and files this his Motion to Extend Time to File a Petition for
Discretionary Review (“PDR”) and in support thereof would show this Court the following:
I.
Appellant was convicted of intoxication manslaughter in cause number CR38343 and
punishment was assessed at five (5) years in prison. The Eleventh District Court of Appeals
affirmed his conviction in case number 11-12-00348-CR on November 26, 2014. Appellant’s
petition is now due on or before December 29, 2014.
Appellant requests an additional sixty (60) day extension to prepare a pro se PDR.
Although Appellant consulted with undersigned counsel on one occasion, he has not yet
secured counsel in this matter.
II.
Because good cause exists for the granting of this request, Appellant requests this Court
grant his request for an additional sixty (60) days to prepare and file his PDR.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant requests this Court extend the
deadline to file his PDR until February 17, 2015.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
/s/ Carmen M. Roe
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CARMEN M. ROE
LAW OFFICE OF CARMEN M. ROE
440 LOUISIANA, SUITE 900
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
713.236.7755
713.236.7756 FAX
Bar No. 24048773
FILED ON BEHALF OF
PRO SE APPELLANT
ZACHARY BLAKE HERNANDEZ
1011 West City Road 77
Midland, TX 79707
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Pursuant to TEX.R.APP.P. 9.5(d), this motion was served on opposing counsel, Lisa
McMinn, State Prosecuting Attorney, P.O. Box 12405, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas, 78711,
and Teresa Clingham, Midland County District Attorney, Appellate Division, 500 N. Loraine
Street #200 Midland, Texas 79701, by electronic service via Efiletxcourts.gov on December 22,
2014.
/s/ Carmen M. Roe
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CARMEN M. ROE