PD-0643-15
PD-0643-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Transmitted 7/1/2015 10:50:06 PM
Accepted 7/2/2015 3:19:43 PM
TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS ABEL ACOSTA
CLERK
FROM THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
NO. 01–14–00392–CR
CHANCE ROACH
APPELLANT On Appeal from Cause Number 1394753
From the 185th District Court of Harris County
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
APPELLEE
Appellant’s FINAL Motion To Extend Time
To File Petition For Discretionary Review
Accompanied by PDR
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:
COMES NOW, CHANCE ROACH, and files this his Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for
Discretionary Review, and in support thereof, would respectfully show the Court the
following:
I.
The First Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment in Roach v. State, 01-14-00392-
CR, 2015 WL 1778896 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Apr. 16, 2015, no. pet. h.). No motion
for rehearing was filed. One other motion for extension has been filed.
II.
In compliance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 68.2(c), this motion for extension is
timely filed within 15 days of the deadline for the PDR, which was June 17, 2015. Appellant
requests this extension due to the fact that counsel for Appellant has been ill as has other
family members and additionally has been engaged in work in the Harris County Public
Defender’s Office on many cases, including the following:
Ruben Totten, PD-0483-15
Bobby Easley, PD-0468-15
Hugo Pachas-Luna, 01-14-00516-CR - 01-14-00520-CR
Rodney Robins, 01-14-00582-CR
Stephen Hopper, 14-15-00371-CR July 2, 2015
Pete Rodriguez, 14-15-00339-CR
Vincent Williams, 14-15-00220-CR
Darryle Robertson, 14-15-00132-CR
Counsel has been researching and writing for several trial cases assigned to the Public
Defender’s Office Trial Division.
III.
Appellant’s attorney requests this brief extension which is necessary so that the petition can
be thoroughly written and timely filed. This motion is not made for the purpose of delay.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Honorable Court grants this
requested extension of time to file the appellant’s petition for discretionary review in the above
cause and extend the time for filing to July 1, 2015, the day on which the PDR is simultaneously
submitted or the official date it is deemed filed.
Respectfully submitted,
ALEXANDER BUNIN
Chief Public Defender
Harris County, Texas
/s/Sarah V. Wood
SARAH V. WOOD
Assistant Public Defender
Harris County, Texas
Texas Bar Number 24048898
1201 Franklin, 13th Floor
Houston Texas 77002
713.368.0016 (phone)
713.368.9278 (fax)
Sarah.Wood@pdo.hctx.net
Attorney for Appellant
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
By my signature below, I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
Appellant’s Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for Discretionary Review has been served
on the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, by electronic delivery through the efile
system.
/s/Sarah V. Wood
Sarah V. Wood