ACCEPTED
01-14-00748-CR
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
4/17/2015 9:30:15 AM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 01-14-00748-CR
In the FILED IN
Court of Appeals 1st COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
For the 4/17/2015 9:30:15 AM
First Judicial District of Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
At Houston Clerk
No. 1315689
In the 183rd District Court of
Harris County, Texas
JAMES LEE SKINNER
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee
STATE’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
IN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS:
COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, in accordance with Rules 10.1(a)
and 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and files this motion for
extension of time in which to file the State’s brief in this case, and, in support thereof,
presents the following:
1. In the 183rd District Court of Harris County, Texas, in State v. James Lee
Skinner, Cause Numbers 1315689, appellant was charged with possession of
methamphetamine, between 4 and 400 grams, with intent to deliver.
2. The court sentenced appellant to 10 years deferred adjudication.
3. The State’s brief is due on April 17, 2015.
5. An extension of time in which to file the State’s brief is requested until May 18,
2015.
6. No previous extension has been requested by the State.
7. The facts relied upon to explain the need for this extension are:
a) The undersigned attorney was assigned this case on April 13, 2015.
b) The undersigned attorney recently finished writing the State’s briefs in the
following case:
(1) Cause Number 14-14-00473-CR, Jimmy Earl Van-Cleave, Appellant v. The
State of Texas, Appellee, which involves three points of error and three
volumes of the reporter’s record and that was filed on April 3, 2015;
(2) and Cause Number 14-14-00910-CR, Ex parte Erik Montes de Oca-Orozco,
which involved two points of error and one volume of the reporter’s
record and that was filed on April 15, 2015.
c) The undersigned attorney was also recently preparing for oral argument in
Cause Number 01-13-00931-CR, Melissa Dromgoole, Appellant v. The State of
Texas, Appellee, that was held on April 8, 2015.
d) The undersigned attorney is also currently engaged in the preparation of the
State’s Brief in the following appellate cause numbers:
(1) Cause Number 14-14-00874-CR, Charles Roberts, Appellant v. The State of
Texas, Appellee, which involves three points of error and seven volumes
of the reporter’s record; and
(2) Cause Number 01-14-00900-CR, Felicity Burris, Appellant v. The State of
Texas, Appellee, which involves one points of error and one volume of
the reporter’s record.
WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant an extension of time until
May 18, 2015 in which to file the State’s brief in this case.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Carly Dessauer
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CARLY DESSAUER
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
1201 Franklin, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 755-5826
State Bar No. 24069083
dessauer_carly@dao.hctx.net
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing instrument will be served to
appellant’s attorney on April 17, 2015 through TexFile:
Norman J. Silverman
Attorney at Law
917 Franklin, 4th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
lawyernorm@msn.com
/s/ Carly Dessauer
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CARLY DESSAUER
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
1201 Franklin, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 755-5826
State Bar No. 24069083
dessauer_carly@dao.hctx.net
curry_alan@dao.hctx.net
Date: April 17, 2015