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ROYCE WILLIAM TAWATER § IN THE TEXAS COURT
Petitioner, §
vs. § OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
Resoondent. § CRIMINAL APPEALS
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A
PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW/ "Petitioner," Royce William Tawater, and files this Motion For
Extension of Time to File a Petition For Discretionary Review, ("PDR"), requesting
an additional sixty (60) days within which to file a PDR. In support of this motion,
Petitioner would show this Court the following:
I.
Petitioner was convicted in the 354th District Court of Hunt County, Texas
of the offense of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon in Case No: 29,503,
styled: The State of Texas v. Royce William Tawater. Petitioner appealed to the
Court of Appeals, Sixth Supreme Judicial District, appeal No: 06-14-00075-CR. The
case was affirmed on December 10, 2014.
II-
The present deadline for filing a PDR is January 9, 2015. Petitioner has
not requested any extensions prior to this request.
III.
Petitioner's request for an extension is based upon the following facts: (a)
Petitioner was not informed of the decision of the court of appeals in affirming
his case until December 15, 2014; (b) Since that time, Petitioner has been attemp
ting to gain legal representation in this matter; (c) Petitioner's attorney oin
appeal has informed him that hshe will not represent him on the PDR, and; (d) Pet
itioner's unit of assignment is scheduled to undergo a thirty-day Security Lockdown
begining^gQgftflQiiqfoj, 2015.
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS FILED IN
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
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JAN 05 2015
JAN 07 2015
Abel Acosta, Clerk
IV.
WHEREFORE, PREMESIS CONSIDERED, Petitioner prays this Court grant this motion
and extend the deadline for filing the Petition For Discretionary Review up to
and including March 10, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
Royce W. Tawater,
Pro Se
UNSWORN DECLARATION
"I, Royce W. Tawater, TDCJ-CID #195 0643, Being presently incarcerated in
the Beto Unit of the TDCJ-CID, declare under penalty of Perjury that the above
and foregoing are both true and correct." x
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Royce W. Tawater
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Thisis to further certify that I have mailed a true and correct copy of this
document to the Hunt County District Attorney, First Class Mail, postage prepaid,
by placing the same in the Beto Unit's mail drop-box, designed for that purpose,
on this the 28th day of December/ 2014.
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Royce W. Tawater
C.c. Hunt County D.A.
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RECEIVED IN
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
JAN 05 2015
Abel Aco6ta, Clerk