ACCEPTED
06-15-00053-CR
SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
TEXARKANA, TEXAS
9/15/2015 10:24:39 AM
DEBBIE AUTREY
CLERK
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
Sixth Appellate District
State of Texas FILED IN
6th COURT OF APPEALS
TEXARKANA, TEXAS
MIKEL EUGENE HALL, JR., 9/15/2015 10:24:39 AM
Appellant DEBBIE AUTREY
Clerk
v. NO. 06-15-00053-CR
Trial Court #2013-F-00107
STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION
OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW Mikel Eugene Hall, Jr., Appellant, by and through his
below named Attorney and pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,
hereby requests an extension of the time period for the filing of the Appellant’s
Brief and in support of same would show the Court as follows:
I.
A. This case is pending from the 5th Judicial District Court of Cass County,
Texas. The date of the Judgment is March 11, 2015, with sentence being
imposed by the trial court on March 11, 2015.
B. The case was styled, “State of Texas v. Mikel Eugene Hall, Jr., Cause No.
2013F00107, Count I and Count II.
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C. Appellant was convicted of the offense of Indecency with Child and
Sexual Assault of child.
D. Punishment was assessed by the trial court at 15 years in the
Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
E. The Appellant’s Brief is due to be filed September 10, 2015.
F. Appellant requests an extension of the filing of Appellant’s Brief of five
days, making the Appellant’s Brief due on September 15, 2015.
G. Appellant’s attorney has been diligent in researching and preparing the
Appellant’s brief for the Court however, due to counsel contracting a
stomach virus, Appellant’s counsel has had insufficient time to complete
Appellant’s brief.
H. There has been one previous requests for extensions in this cause.
II.
Appellant’s attorney has been diligent in pursuing this appeal and is not
seeking this extension for the purpose of delay.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, on the basis of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,
Appellant’s attorney respectfully requests this Court to grant the Motion for
Extension of Time for the filing of Appellant’s Brief.
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Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Alwin A. Smith
Alwin A. Smith
TBN: 18532200
al@alwinsmith.com
602 Pine Street
Texarkana, Texas 75501
903/792-1608
903/792-0899 Fax
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief has been forwarded to
Ms. Courtney Shelton, 604 North Highway 8, Linden, Texas 75563, on this the
15th day of September 2015 by U.S. Mail.
/s/ Alwin A. Smith
Alwin A. Smith
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