ACCEPTED
01-14-00978-CR
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
2/20/2015 1:24:29 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 01-14-00978-CR
FILED IN
MARCUS BORTLE X 1st OF
IN THE COURT COURT OF APPEALS
APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
X 2/20/2015 1:24:29 PM
X CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
VS. X FOR THE STATE OFClerk
TEXAS
X
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THE STATE OF TEXAS X 1ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MOTION FOR SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF
COMES NOW, MARCUS BORTLE, Appellant, and moves for an extension
of thirty (30) days in which to file the Appellant’s brief, until and including March 23,
2015, and would further show as follows:
A. The deadline for filing the brief in this cause was February 19, 2015.
B. A request is hereby made for an extension of time to file the Appellant’s
Brief, until and including March 23, 2015.
C. The undersigned attorney, Bob Wicoff, has been unusually busy with other
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 (capital murder); Appellant’s Brief due February 6, 2014
GRISELDA AZA VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; NOS. 14-14-00241-CR and
14-14-00242-CR; Appellant’s Brief due January 16, 2015;
NORMA SANCHEZ VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; NO. 14-14-00780-CR;
Appellant’s Brief due January 28, 2015.
Additionally, the undersigned serves on the Texas Forensic Science
Commission Hair Microscopy Panel, as part of a team reviewing hundreds of cases
involving possible errors in expert testimony.
D. One previous extensions has been granted.
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 February 20, 2015.
/s/_Bob Wicoff_________
BOB WICOFF