ACCEPTED
06-14-00148-CR
SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
TEXARKANA, TEXAS
5/19/2015 3:39:03 PM
DEBBIE AUTREY
CLERK
NO. 06-14-00148-CR
FILED IN
KEVIN FAHRNI, § 6th COURT
ON APPEAL OF APPEALS
FROM THE
TEXARKANA, TEXAS
Appellant §
5/19/2015 3:39:03 PM
§ 5th JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DEBBIE AUTREY
VS. § Clerk
§
STATE OF TEXAS, § COURT OF BOWIE COUNY
Appellee § TEXAS
MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING STATE’S BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW the State of Texas by and through her below named Criminal
District Attorney and pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and hereby
requests a thirty (30) day extension of the time period for the filing of the State’s
Brief and in support of the same should show the Court as follows:
I.
1. This case is pending from the 5TH Judicial District of Bowie County, Texas.
2. The case is styled State of Texas v. Kevin Fahrni, Cause No. 10F0484-005.
3. Appellant was found guilty to the offense of Aggravated Sexual Assault Robbery
and sentenced to fifty (50) years in the Institutional Division of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
5. Appellant’s Brief was filed on April 17, 2015 making the State’s Brief originally
due on or about May 18, 2015.
6. The State not previously requested an extension of time for filing a brief.
7. The State’s attorney handling this case on appeal resigned from the Bowie County
District Attorney’s office, effective May 15, 2015. This case was re-assigned, and is
now being handled on appeal by the undersigned State’s attorney. Due to the re-
assignment, the undersigned has not had adequate opportunity to review the record
in this appeal and complete the State’s brief.
II.
The State’s attorney has been diligent in pursuing this appeal and is not seeking this
extension for the purpose of delay.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, on the bases of Rule 73 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,
the State respectfully requests this Court to grant the Motion for Extension of Time
for the filing of the State’s Brief.
Respectfully submitted,
__/s/ Lauren N. Sutton______
LAUREN N. SUTTON
Texas Bar No. 24079421
601 Main Street
Texarkana, TX 75501
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Motion to
Extend Time for Filing State’s Brief was forwarded to Mr. Alwin Smith, counsel
for Appellant, on this the 19th day of May, 2015.
__/s/ Lauren N. Sutton______
LAUREN N. SUTTON