ACCEPTED
12-14-00160-CR
TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS
TYLER, TEXAS
1/12/2015 12:52:16 PM
CATHY LUSK
CLERK
No. 12-14-00160-CR
FILED IN
12th COURT OF APPEALS
In the Court of Appeals TYLER, TEXAS
for the Twelfth Judicial District 1/12/2015 12:52:16 PM
at Tyler, Texas CATHY S. LUSK
Clerk
Joshe Leesheen Johnson,
Appellant
V.
State of Texas,
Appellee
On Appeal From Cause No. 2013-0719 in the 159th
Judicial District Court of Angelina County, Texas
State’s Second Motion for Extension (Unopposed)
To the Honorable Justices of this Court:
Appellee, State of Texas, moves for a 7-day extension of time to file
its brief.
I.
Under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the general deadline
to file an appellee’s brief is 30 days after the date the appellant’s brief was
filed. Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b). Appellant’s Brief was filed on November 12,
2014, giving the State until Friday December 12, 2014 to file its brief. A
motion to extend was granted, giving the State until Monday January 12,
2015 to file its brief, due to January 11, 2015 being a Sunday.
The State of Texas now requests a 7-day extension of time in which
to file its brief.
II.
Good cause exists for allowing the State additional time to file its brief
for the following reasons:
1. Counsel for the State was working on and completed another
brief during this time-frame in Albro v. State, No. 12-14-00182-CR, which
had already had an extension granted. Counsel for the State is also
actively working on Owens v. State, No. 12-13-00386-CR and Finley v.
State, No. 12-14-00005-CR during this same time frame.
2. Counsel for the State had to prepare for a jury trial in State v.
Hernandez, No. 2014-0629 which was scheduled for jury selection January
12, 2105. This is in addition to the normal felony criminal docket counsel
must prepare for.
3. Counsel for the Appellant is unopposed to this motion.
III.
From the above-listed reasons, the State has demonstrated that good
cause for the failure to be able to submit its brief by the Court’s deadline.
This is the State’s first motion for extension, and it is not brought for
purposes of delay or harassment, but to see that justice is done.
Wherefore, Appellee State of Texas prays that the Court grant its
requested 7-day extension to file its State’s Brief in this matter.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/April Ayers-Perez
Assistant District Attorney
Angelina County D.A.’s Office
P.O. Box 908
Lufkin, Texas 75902
(936) 632-5090 phone
(936) 637-2818 fax
State Bar No. 24090975
aperez@angelinacounty.net
Attorney for Appellee
State of Texas
Certificate of Service
I do certify that on January 12, 2015 a true and correct copy of the
above document has been served electronically to John Reeves, 1007
Grant Ave., Lufkin, Texas, 75901, attorney for Appellant, Joshe Johnson,
through efile.txcourts.gov.
/s/April Ayers-Perez
Certificate of Conference
I certify that on January 12, 2015, I conferred with John Reeves by
telephone about this motion, and certify that he was unopposed to a 7-day
extension.
/s/April Ayers-Perez