Paul Branid Dennis v. State

ACCEPTED 05-14-01200-CR FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 3/2/2015 3:14:07 PM LISA MATZ CLERK No. 05-14-01200-CR FILED IN 5th COURT OF APPEALS PAUL BRANID DENNIS § IN THE COURTDALLAS, TEXAS OF APPEALS 3/2/2015 3:14:07 PM V. § FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT LISA MATZ Clerk STATE OF TEXAS § OF TEXAS AT DALLAS MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: COMES NOW, the Appellant, and requests this Court extend the time for filing an opening brief from March 12, 2015 to April 11, 2015, pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b) and 38.6(d). (A) The deadline for filing Appellant’s brief is currently March 12, 2015. (B) The length of extension sought is thirty (30) days. (C) The facts relied on to reasonably explain the need for an extension include the undersigned having several briefs due ahead of this one, and having filed briefs in the following cases since the record was filed in this case: Cause No. 05-14-00784-CR, Hall v. State; and Cause No. 05-14-00517-CR, Lindsey v. State. (D) Appellant has not requested or been granted a previous extension. WHEREFORE, Appellant requests this Court extend Appellant’s deadline to file an opening brief to April 11, 2105. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Riann C. Moore Lynn Pride Richardson Riann C. Moore Chief Public Defender Assistant Public Defender Dallas County, Texas State Bar No. 24050279 Frank Crowley Courts Building 133 N. Riverfront Blvd., LB-2 Dallas, Texas 75207-4399 (214) 653-3550 (phone) (214) 653-3539 (fax) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing brief was served on the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney’s Office (Appellate Division), 133 N. Riverfront Blvd., B-19, 10th Floor, Dallas, Texas, 75207, by electronic service on March 2, 2015. /s/ Riann C. Moore Riann C. Moore 2