ACCEPTED
01-15-00317-CR
FIRST COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
8/21/2015 3:22:39 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
Cause No. 01-15-00317-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN
1st COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE HOUSTON, TEXAS
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS8/21/2015 3:22:39 PM
AT HOUSTON CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
ANDREAS MARCOPOULOS,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee.
Appeal from Cause No. 1440970
In the 248th District of
Harris County, Texas
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APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF
APPEALS:
Appellant, ANDREAS MARCOPOULOS, by and through his Counsel of
Record, CARMEN ROE and ROBERT FICKMAN, files this Motion to Extend Time
to File Brief For Appellant and in support shows this Court the following:
I.
Appellant was charged with possession of a controlled substance in Cause No.
1440970 in the 248th District Court of Harris County Texas. Appellant entered a plea of
guilty and was placed on deferred adjudication probation for three (3) years.
II.
The Reporter’s Record was filed on June 22, 2015 and the Clerk’s Record was
filed on June 24, 2015. Appellant’s Brief is currently due on August 20, 2015, after one
extension was granted.
III.
Appellant requests an extension of thirty (30) days until September 21, 2015 to
file its brief. Counsel requests the additional time because undersigned counsel has the
following briefs do in the next 30 days: State v. Mashood Uddin, State v. Jordan
Nichols, State .v Christopher Redmond Reply Brief as well as writs of habeas corpus in
Ex parte Michael Hill, Ex parte Bryant Williams, and Ex parte Jerrell Bell. For all these
reasons, Counsel is unable to submit the Appellant’s Brief on the due date and hereby
requests an extension of time.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Honorable
Court extend the time for filing Appellant’s Brief in this cause until September 21, 2015.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
/s/ Carmen Roe
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CARMEN ROE
CARMEN ROE LAW FIRM
SBN: 24048773
440 Louisiana, Suite 900
Houston, Texas 77002
713.236.7755 Phone
713.236.7756 Fax
carmen@carmenroe.com
/s/ Robert Fickman
__________________________________
ROBERT FICKMAN
SBN: 06956500
1229 Heights Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77008
713.655.7400 Phone
713.224.5533 Fax
rfickman@gmail.com
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT
ANDREAS MARCOPOULOS
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served upon the
Harris County District Attorney, Appellate Division, 1201 Franklin Street, Houston,
Texas 77002, on August 21, 2015.
/s/ Carmen Roe
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CARMEN ROE