ACCEPTED
12-15-00157-CR
TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS
TYLER, TEXAS
9/14/2015 1:35:27 PM
Pam Estes
CLERK
NO. 12-15-00157-CR
ON APPEAL FROM THE 159TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTFILED IN
ANGELINA COUNTY, TEXAS 12th COURT OF APPEALS
TYLER, TEXAS
CAUSE NO. 2013-0744 9/14/2015 1:35:27 PM
PAM ESTES
TH Clerk
STANFORD JONES, JR. § IN THE 12 COURT OF APPEALS
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§ OF
vs. §
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STATE OF TEXAS § TYLER, TEXAS
MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT'S BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:
Now comes Stanford Jones, Sr., Appellant in the above styled and numbered
cause, and moves this Court to grant an extension of time to file appellant's brief,
pursuant to Rule 38.6 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and for good
cause shows the following:
1. This case is on appeal from the 217th District Court of Angelina
County, Texas.
2. The case below was styled the STATE OF TEXAS vs. Stanford Jones,
Sr., and numbered 2013-0744. Appellant was convicted of Arson.
4. Appellant was assessed a sentence of Twenty (20) years in Texas
Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division on May 14, 2015.
5. Notice of appeal was given on June 10, 2015.
6. The clerk's record was filed on July 10, 2015; the reporter's record was
filed on June 29, 2015.
7. The appellate brief was presently due on September 11, 2015.
8. Appellant requests an extension of time of thirty (30) days from the
current due date.
9. One extension to file the brief have been received in this cause.
10. Defendant is currently incarcerated.
11. Appellant relies on the following facts as good cause for the requested
extension:
Counsel was recently out for over a week due to an infection and was
subsequently diagnosed with insulin dependent diabetes. Counsel has been
physically unable to return to work on a full time basis and would like additional
time to complete the brief.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this
Court grant this Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant's Brief, and for such other
and further relief as the Court may deem appropriate.
Respectfully submitted:
/s/John D. Reeves
____________________
John D. Reeves
Attorney at Law
1007 Grant
Lufkin, Texas 75901
Phone (936) 632-160
Fax: (936) 632-1640
tessabellus@yahoo.com
SBOT # 16723000
Counsel for Appellant
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Tex. R. App. 10.1 (5), certify that I, the undersigned conferred
with opposing counsel who is not opposed to an extension.
/s/John D. Reeves
___________________________
John D. Reeves
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellant’s
Motion to Extend Time to file Appellant’s Brief on this 14th day of September,
2015 forwarded to State’s Attorney, April Ayers-Perez, Angelina County, by
electronic service at aprerez@angelinacounty.net.
/s/John D. Reeves
__________________________
John D. Reeves
Attorney for Appellant,
Stanford Jones, Sr.