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01-14-00477-CR
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
1/2/2015 5:44:57 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 01-14-00477-CR
In the FILED IN
Court of Appeals 1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
For the
1/2/2015 5:44:57 PM
First District of Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
At Houston Clerk
No. 1365724
In the 174th District Court
Of Harris County, Texas
KEN SCRIPA
Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee
STATE’S SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
WITHIN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
THE STATE OF TEXAS, pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1, 10.5(b) &
38.6(d), moves for an extension of time within which to file its appellate
brief. In support of its motion, the State submits the following:
1. Appellant was charged with the felony offense of sexual assault.
He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
2. The State’s brief was due, after one extension, on December 22,
2014. The State’s seeks a second extension of 30 days, until
January 21, 2015, to file its brief.
3. The undersigned attorney has just filed two PDR’s in the Court of
Criminal Appeals, Jessica Tata v. State and Gary Wayne Wilson v. State.
Additionally, the undersigned attorney has been working on
legislative analysis for two upcoming bills and is scheduled to
speak and attend TDCAA’s Prosecutor Trial Skills Course the
week of January 4-9, 2015. The undersigned attorney has three
briefs due in the next two weeks.
4. The State’s motion is not for purposes of delay, but so that justice
may be done.
WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant the requested
extension until January 21, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Jessica Akins
JESSICA AKINS
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
1201 Franklin, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
State Bar Number: 24029415
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5, this certifies that on January 2, 2015, a
copy of the foregoing was served upon appellant’s counsel at the following
address:
Gerald Fry
Attorney at Law
jerryfry@hal-pc.org
/s/Jessica Akins
JESSICA AKINS
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
akins_jessica@dao.hctx.net
Ken Scripa v. State
Combined Opinion