ACCEPTED
12-15-00173-CR
TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS
TYLER, TEXAS
11/2/2015 10:02:22 PM
Pam Estes
CLERK
No. 12-15-00173-CR
MICHAEL JOHNSON § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FILED IN
Appellant § 12th COURT OF APPEALS
TYLER, TEXAS
§
11/2/2015 10:02:22 PM
vs. § 12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
PAM ESTES
§ Clerk
THE STATE OF TEXAS, §
Appellee § AT TYLER, TEXAS
APPELLANT’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF
SIXTY DAY REQUEST
TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
Now comes Austin Reeve Jackson, counsel for Appellant in the above entitled and
numbered cause, and makes this Motion, and for good cause shows the following:
I.
Appellant’s brief in this matter is due on 2 November 2015. No prior extensions
have been requested.
II.
The record in this case is from a trial that, while relatively short, nonetheless
presents several issues to which counsel has had to devote time researching. Further,
while working on this case counsel has also been working on approximately 55 open
appellate cases in this and other courts to which he has been appointed by Smith County.
This has included investigating motions for new trials (looking for and talking with
potential witnesses, jail and office visits with new appellate appointments, trial court
appearances for the same), requests for and reviews of reporter’s and clerk’s records,
research, briefing, review of opinions, investigation of potential PDR issues, etc. While
not all of these cases have required significant attention from counsel during this time,
many of them have which has resulted in counsel having been unable to devote the full
attention necessary to this case prior to today’s date.
II.
No prior extensions have been requested and is respectfully prayed that the in the
interest of justice, the Court grant this motion.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, undersigned counsel respectfully
prays that, in accordance with the applicable law, the Court grant this Motion and extend
the date by which to file a brief by sixty days.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Austin Reeve Jackson
Texas Bar No. 24046139
112 East Line, Suite 310
Tyler, TX 75702
Telephone: (903) 595-6070
Facsimile: (866) 387-0152
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document
was served on counsel for the State by facsimile concurrently with its filing.
/s/Austin Reeve Jackson