PD-0651-15
NO.
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
RECEIVED IN
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
MAY 2 9 2015
JOSEPH MICHAEL PIERCE, §
Uopeiiant) Abel Acosta, Clerk
VS CO.A. NO.: 12-14-00073-CR
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^Appellee)
FILED IN
MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PRO SJOURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW MAY 2 9 2015
Abel Acosta, Clerk
TO
-NOW COMES, JOSEPH MICHAEL PIERCE, Appellant, proceeding
prose in the above styled and. numbered cause, respectfully
requests that this Court grant his Motion to Extend Time to
File his Petition For Discretionary Review. In support thereof,
Appellant would show the following:
I.
Appellant's conviction.affirmed on April .30, 2015, by the
12th Court of Appeals in Cause No. 12-14-00073-CR. Appellant's
Petition For Discretionary Review is due Hay 30, 2015. This is
Appellant's first request for an extension of time to file his
Petition For Discretionary Review.
II.
Appellant is requesting an extension of time so that Appellant
may file a pro se Petition For Discretionary Review. An extension
of time is necessary so that Appellant, who is not an attorney,
may familiarize himself with the rules governing the filing of
a Petition For Discretionary Review, adequately research his
case, and draft his own PDR. This motion is not made for the
purpose of delay.
III.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant requests this Court
to grant an additional •:( 50-) sixty days, from the deadline date,
to file his PDR, allowing the filing deadline date to JULY 29, 2015.
Executed on this 3l3TcI day of fT\o^^ , 2015.
ji_e MJLSJLs
fOSEPH MICHAEL PIERCE IV.
OATH AND CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, JOSEPH i'lIC'IASL PIERCE, do declare under the penalty of perjury
pursuant to Tex.Civ.Prac.Rem. Code, §132.001 - §132.003, that
the facts stated herein are true and correct, and do certify
that a true and correct copy of my Motion to Extend Time for
Filing my PDR was served on Appellee, by U.S. Mail, postage pre
paid, addressed to: Mr.. Michael :;Jest (District Attorney), 100
U. Broadway, 4th Fl., Tyler, Texas, 75702.
Executed on this d%^rk day of (Y\cinJ
fYNc*>j 2015
5EPH MICHAEL PIERCE
3060 FM 3514 ^1919200
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705