PD-0366_0371-15 RECEIVED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS TEXAS COURT IN OF THE CRIMINAL APPEALS APR 01 2015 SAMUEL DELEON GARZA, Appellant Trial Court ciSSS^fiP^Ctelk 28,996 HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS Texarkana Court of Appeals THE STATE OF TEXAS, Case Number 06-14-00088-CR Appellee. through 06-14-00093-CR APPELLANT GARZA'S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: COMES NOW Samuel Deleon Garza, Appellant pro se, and files this Motion for an extension of sixty (60) days in which to file FILED IN a Petition for Discretionary Review (PDR). InC©y8P0Ft)f#ftofj^£9\f>pE^(;S shows the following: APR 012015 i. Abel Acosta, Cierk Appellant was convicted in the 196th District Court of Hunt County, Texas for the offense(s) of (4) Assaults, (1) Burglary of Habitation, and (1) Cbstaxticn/retaliaticn in Trial Cause No. 28,996, THE STATE OF TEXAS v. SAMUEL DELEON GARZA. Appellant appealed to the Texarkana Court of Appeals (Appellate Case Number 06-14-00088-CR ttnxu^i 06-14-00093-CR). II. The present deadline for filing the PDR is April 09th, 2015; the Texarkana Court of Appeals affirmed on March 10th, 2015. III. Appellant's request for an extension is based on (1) Appellant not being informed about the Court of Appeals affirming the case until March £X^? , 2015, (2) Appellant's attempt, since learning about the Court of Appeals decision, to gain legal representation for his PDR since, (3) Mr. Jason A. Duff (Appellant's appellate counsel) informed Appellant that he will NOT represent Appellant on the PDR. WHEREFORE, Appellant prays this Court grants this motion and extend the deadline for filing the PDR in this appeal. Respectfully submitted, j>>yc?> am u-e.l--'D e 1 e o n 3 am\ Garza #^31428 ^Michael Unit 2664 FM 2054 Tennessee Colony, TX 75886 Pro se INMATE'S DECLARATION I, Samuel Deleon Garza, TDCJ-CID #1931428, being presently incarcerated on the Michael Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Anderson County, Texas, verify and declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing statements are true and correct- Executed on this the £>£? day of March, 2015. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Samuel Deleon Garza, TDCJ #1931428, certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing pleading was placed in the mailbox on the Michael Unit, postage pre-paid, and addressed to: Hunt County District Attorney Mr. Noble D. Walker, Jr. Hunt County Courthouse T3£3?§on Garza P.O. BOX 441 Mafch Jg^, 2015 Greenville, TX 75403-0441 -2-