PD-0165-15
PD-0165-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Transmitted 2/11/2015 2:32:56 PM
February 12, 2015 Accepted 2/12/2015 9:25:12 AM
ABEL ACOSTA
NO. 06-14-00044-CR CLERK
ERIC L. HILL COURT OF CRIMINAL
VS. OF APPEALS
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS
APPELLANT’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO
FILE
PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
COMES NOW Eric L. Hill, Appellant, and moves this Court pursuant
to Tex. R. App. Proc. 10.5 and 68.2(c) for and extension of fifteen (15) day’s
or until February 23, 2015, in which to file the Appellant’s Petition for
Discretionary Review herein. In support, Appellant would show the
following;
1. Appellant was convicted of Continuance Violence against Family.
2. On February 26, 2014, Appellant was found guilty by a jury and
the jury assessed a sentence of twenty-seven (27) years
confinement in prison.
3. The Sixth Court of Appeals issued its opinion on January 9, 2014,
in which it affirmed the Appellant’s conviction. Said case is styled
Eric L. Hill v. The State of Texas, Appellate Case Number 06-14-
00044-CR, Trial Court Case Number 43,089-B.
4. This is the first request for extension of time.
5. Appellant requests an extension until February 23, 2015.
6. Good cause exists for the granting of the motion:
Appellant’s attorney was preparing for jury trials in the 115th
District Court of Upshur County for the two week jury session
beginning January 12, 2015: State v. Carlos Bunch, Jr. Cause
Number 12503; State v. Alton Ray Easley, Jr., Cause Numbers
16346, 16499, and 16647; State v. David Bruce Williams, Cause
Number 16580; State v. Ronald Ray Hohensee, Cause Number
16696; State v. Mary Ellen Clark, Cause Number 16723; State v.
Christopher Alan Ray, Cause Number 16784; State v. Cortney Lee
Fields, Cause Number 16828; State v. Megan Malota, Cause
Number 16861; State v. Kelly Wayne Haney, Cause Number
16881; and State v. Lester Shane Browning, Cause Number
16875.Further, Appellant’s attorney was preparing for a jury trial
in the 124th District Court of Gregg County for the week of January
26, 2015: State v. Jeremy Scott, Cause Number 43,891-B. Further,
Appellant’s attorney has recently submitted briefs to the Sixth
Court of Appeals in the following cases: State v. Casey Dale
Hammack, Case Number 06-14-00175-CR and State v. Cory
Martin Colvin, Case Number 06-14-00163-CR.
7. This motion is not sought for purposes of delay, but so that justice
may be done. Therefore, Appellant requests until February 23,
2015, in which to complete his Petition for Discretionary Review.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Tim Cone
______________________
Tim Cone, Attorney at Law
State Bar No. 04660350
P.O. Box 413
Gilmer, Texas 75644
Tel: (903) 725-6270
Fax: (903) 725-5494
e-mail:timcone6@aol.com
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
A true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been delivered
to all counsel of record, on this the 11th day of February, 2015.
/s/Tim Cone
_______________________
Tim Cone, Attorney at Law