Richard Anthony Scott v. State

ACCEPTED 14-14-00726-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/12/2015 4:19:25 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK NO. 14-14-00726-CR FILED IN RICHARD ANTHONY SCOTT X 14thOF IN THE COURT COURT OF APPEALS APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS X 3/12/2015 4:19:25 PM X CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE VS. X FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS Clerk X X THE STATE OF TEXAS X 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF DUE TO EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES COMES NOW, RICHARD ANTHONY SCOTT, , Appellant, and moves for an extension of ten (10) days in which to file the Appellant’s brief, until and including March 19, 2015, and would further show as follows: A. The deadline for filing the brief in this cause was March 9, 2015; B. A request is hereby made for an extension of time to file the Appellant’s Brief, until and including March 19, 2015; C. The undersigned attorney, Bob Wicoff, has filed two briefs this week and is extremely busy preparing for a March 27th meeting in Austin of the Texas Forensic Science Commission Hair Microscopy Panel, of which he is a member. Counsel has also been unusually busy with the following appellate matters which have kept him from completing the brief by the current deadline, including, but not limited to, the following: FEANYICHI UVUKANSI VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 01-14-00527- CR; Appellant’s brief filed March 9, 2015 (capital murder, 56 page brief); GRISELDA AZA VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; Nos. 14-14-00241-CR and 14-14-00242-CR; Appellant’s brief filed March 11, 2015; GERARDO TAPIA-LOPEZ VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 01-14- 01016-CR; Appellant’s brief due March 20, 2015; MARCUS BORTLE VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 01-14-00978-CR; Appellant’s brief due March 23, 2015; JAMIE IBARRA VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; PD-0206-15; Appellant’s PDR due March 25, 2015; NORMA SANCHEZ VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 14-14-00780-CR; Appellant’s brief due March 27, 2015; The undersigned also has ongoing administrative duties in his position as chief of the appellate division of the Harris County Public Defender’s Office. D. Three previous extensions have been granted. No further extensions will be requested. Respectfully submitted, ALEXANDER BUNIN Chief Public Defender Harris County Texas /s/ Bob Wicoff__________ BOB WICOFF 1201 Franklin, Thirteenth Floor Houston Texas 77002 (713) 274-6781 TBA No. 21422700 Bob.wicoff@pdo.hctx.net CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE A true copy of this motion has been served electronically on the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Appellate Division on the 12th day of March, 2015. /s/_Bob Wicoff_________ BOB WICOFF