ACCEPTED
03-14-00527-CR
4123494
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
2/12/2015 12:05:59 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
FILED IN
JAMES ALAN WEATHERFORD 3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
V. NO. 03-14-00527-CR
2/12/2015 12:05:59 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
THE STATE OF TEXAS Clerk
APPELLANT’S SECOND MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:
COMES NOW, James Alan Weatherford, by and through his attorney of record,
Dal Ruggles, and files this his Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief and in
support thereof, would show the Court the following:
I.
That the above-styled and numbered cause is styled The State of Texas v. James
Alan Weatherford, Cause Number 14-0874-K368 in the 368th Judicial District Court of
Williamson County, Texas. Appellant was sentenced on July 23, 2014.
II.
Appellant plead guilty to counts 2, 3, and 4 of Promotion of Child Pornography
and counts 5-26 of Possession of Child Pornography with no agreed plea
recommendation. Appellant went to the Court for punishment. The trial court assessed
punishment on counts 2, 3, and 4 at twenty (20) years imprisonment for each count to be
served consecutively and five (5) years imprisonment for counts 5-26 to run concurrent
with count 4. The date of sentencing was July 23, 2014.
III.
Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed on August 20, 2014. A motion for new
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trial was filed on August 21, 2014. The reporter’s record was filed on November 19,
2014. The clerk’s record was filed on September 8, 2014. Supplemental clerk’s records
were filed on September 18, 2014, November 21, 2014, November 24, 2014 and
November 26, 2014. The due date for the brief is Thursday, February 12, 2015.
IV.
This is Appellant’s second motion for extension of time to file his brief.
Appellant respectfully requests a forty-five day extension of time to file the brief, which
would make such brief due on Monday, March 30, 2015.
V.
The undersigned attorney has been unable to complete the brief due to lack of
time. Counsel has completed review and research associated with his case and is in the
process of drafting his brief. He has not been able to devote sufficient time to complete
the brief however due to a heavy workload that includes numerous cases and appeals in
several counties. He asks that this extension be granted so that he may effectively
represent Appellant and so that justice may be done in this case.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ Dal Ruggles
DAL RUGGLES
Attorney at Law
1103 Nueces St.
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: (512) 477-7991
Facsimile: (512) 477-3580
SBN: 24041834
Email: dal@ruggleslaw.com
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Dal Ruggles, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
Appellant’s Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief was e-served to Mr. John
C. Prezas of the Williamson County District Attorney's Office on this the 12th day of
February, 2015.
/s/ Dal Ruggles
DAL RUGGLES
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