Christopher Andrew Jackson v. State

ACCEPTED 14-14-00472-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/27/2015 7:26:08 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 14-14-00472-CR In the Court of Appeals FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS For the HOUSTON, TEXAS Fourteenth District of Texas 3/27/2015 7:26:08 AM At Houston CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE  Clerk No. 1322772 In the 263rd Judicial District Court Of Harris County, Texas  CHRISTOPHER ANDREW JACKSON, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS Appellee  STATE’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF  TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: THE STATE OF TEXAS, pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 2 & 10.5, moves for an extension of time in which to file its appellate brief and in its motion, would show the Court the following: 1. The appellant was charged with Murder(CR-39). After a trial, the jury found appellant guilty of the offense as charged and assessed punishment at 45 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (CR-318). The appellant subsequently filed notice of appeal, and the trial court certified that he had the right to appeal (CR – 321, 324). 2. The State’s brief is due March 27, 2015. The State hereby requests an extension for the filing of the State’s brief until April 27, 2015. 3. The following facts are relied upon to show good cause for an extension of time to allow the State to file its brief: The State has been working on and has filed the following briefs in the last thirty days. Hollins v. State 1-14-00744-CR State’s Brief filed March 4, 2015 Campbell v. State 1-14-00807-CR State’s Brief filed March 11, 2015 Ex Parte McGuire 14-14-01010-CR State’s Brief filed March 16, 2015 Le v. State 14-14-00043-CR State’s Brief filed March 24, 2015 Furthermore, the undersigned attorney has been assigned the following briefs in addition to the brief in this cause number. Efran Lopez 14-14-00758-CR State’s Brief due April 9, 2015 Dorsey v State 1-14-00685-CR State’s Brief due April 14, 2015 Allen v State 14-14-00842-CR State’s Brief due April 8, 2015 4. This is the State’s first request for an extension of time to file its brief. WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant the requested extension. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Kimberly Stelter KIMBERLY STELTER Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002-1923 (713) 755-5826 Stelter_Kimberly@dao.hctx.net TBC No. 19141400 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing instrument will be served by efile.txcourts.gov to: Jerome Godinich, Jr. Attorney at Law 929 Preston, Suite 200 The Kiam Building Houston, Texas 77002 /s/ Kimberly Stelter KIMBERLY STELTER Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002-1923 (713) 755-5826 Date: March 27, 2015