Ken Scripa v. State

ACCEPTED 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