ACCEPTED
01-14-00560-CR
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
12/30/2014 4:10:49 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
OF TEXAS FILED IN
1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Case No. 01-14-00560-CR 12/30/2014 4:10:49 PM
CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
TRISTAN OMARR ARMSTRONG
Vs.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appeal from the 226th District Court, Bexar County,
Texas Trial Court No. 2013CR5695
Honorable Sid Harle Presiding
DEFENDANT’ S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF
OSCAR L. CANTU, JR.
Attorney at Law, PLLC
507 South Main
San Antonio, Texas 78204
(210)472-3900 Phone
(210)354-2996 Fax
R3Oscar@aol.com
MOTION
COMES NOW, Oscar Cantu, Current Counsel for Tristan Omarr Armstrong, and files
this, Defendant’s Motion to Extend Time to File Brief and would show unto the Court as
follows:
1. Counsel for the Appellant filed an Ander’s Brief in this case.
2. The Defendant was ordered to file his own brief, if desired, by December 30, 2014 in this
case.
3. Counsel prepared a complete copy of the record for transmittal to the Defendant who
declined to use it. He is disabled and the traditional copy method is not useful to him.
4. The Defendant requested that this Counsel make hard copies of all documents and
the record and deliver same to this residence. Counsel has agreed. In an effort to give the
Defendant ample time to review this Counsel has conferred with the trial parties there is no
objection to an additional, thirty (30) days are required to complete the task at hand.
5. Counsel hopes that this explanation satisfies the requirements of a Motion to
Continue raises a suitable basis and grounds for the Court to grant this extension.
6. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant moves the Court to extend
the deadline for the Defendant to file any Brief to January 31, 2015 a 30 day extension.
Respectfully submitted,
By:__/s/ by Oscar Cantu
OSCAR LUIS CANTU, JR.
Attorney at Law, PLLC
Oscar “JR” Cantu
Texas Bar No. 03767448
507 South Main
San Antonio, Texas 78204
Tel. (210) 472-3900
Fax. (210) 354-2996
Attorney for Appellant, Tristan Omarr Armstrong
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of this document was filed with all parties to
this Appeal via hand delivery or facsimile transmission as indicated below:
Appellee: District Attorney’s Office facsimile transmission to (210)335-2436
on this, the 30th day of December, 2014.
/s/by Oscar Cantu
Oscar Cantu
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
This is to certify that I did confer with the Appeals Section of the DA’s Office and they do
not oppose a first request for continuance on this, the 30th day of December, 2014.
/s/ by Oscar Cantu_
Oscar Cantu
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