PD-0827-15
PD-0827-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Transmitted 7/2/2015 11:56:07 AM
Accepted 7/2/2015 4:10:58 PM
No. _____________ ABEL ACOSTA
CLERK
In the
Court of Criminal Appeals
At Austin
No. 14-14-00091-CR
In the
Court of Appeals
for the
Fourteenth District of Texas
at Houston
No. 1400039
In the 185th District Court
Harris County, Texas
ADRIAN FRANCISCO MIRANDA
Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee
APPELLANT’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
WITHIN WHICH TO FILE
PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
July 2, 2015
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
APPELLANT, pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2(c) moves for an extension of
time within which to file its petition for discretionary review. In support of its
motion, appellant submits the following:
1. Appellant was charged with the felony offense of aggravated sexual
assault of a child.
2. A jury convicted appellant of the charged offenses and the court
sentenced him to 25 years confinement in the Institutional Division of
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on January 16, 2014.
3. A unanimous panel of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals rendered
judgment in an unpublished opinion on April 23, 2015, affirming
appellant’s conviction and sentence.
4. Appellant filed a Motion for Rehearing and Motion for En Banc
Reconsideration. Both were denied on June 2, 2015.
5. Appellant’s petition for discretionary review is due on July 2, 2015.
6. Appellant seeks an extension, in accordance with TEX. R. APP. P.
68.2(c), until August 3, 2015, to file a petition for discretionary review.
7. The following facts are relied upon to show good cause for the
requested extension:
a. Counsel has been working on the appellate briefs in Dorsey v. State,
No. 01-14-00685-CR., Hayes v. State, 04-14-00878-CR. and 04-14-
00879-CR., and Ross v. State, 01-14-00902-CR.
b. Counsel filed a petition for discretionary review in Campuzano v. State,
No. PD-0476-15 and No. PD-0477-15.
c. Counsel has filed a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme
Court in Masterson v. Stephens.
d. Appellant’s petition is not for purposes of delay, but so that justice may
be done.
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WHEREFORE, the Appellant prays that this Court will grant the requested
extension until August 3, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/MANDY MILLER
Attorney for appellant
2910 Commercial Center Blvd., Ste. 103-201
Katy, TX 77494
SBN 24055561
PHONE (832) 900-9884
FAX (877) 904-6846
mandy@mandymillerlegal.com
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5, this certifies that on July 2, 2015, a copy of the
foregoing was delivered to the following addresses:
Alan Curry
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
curry_alan@dao.hctx.net
Lisa McMinn
State Prosecuting Attorney
lisa.mcminn@spa.state.tx.us
/S/MANDY MILLER
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Miranda, Adrian Francisco
Combined Opinion