Ex Parte Clinton David Beck

ACCEPTED
03-14-00818-CR
5777188
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
6/22/2015 6:17:51 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
NO. 03-14-00818-CR

CLINTON DAVID BECK § IN THE THIRD FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
v. § DISTRICT 6/22/2015
COURT6:17:51
OF PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPEALS OF TEXAS Clerk

STATE’S THIRD MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:

Now comes the State of Texas, Appellee in the above styled and numbered

cause, and moves for an extension of time of 35 days to file Appellee’s brief, and

for good cause would show the following:

Appellant was charged by indictment with Improper Relationship Between

Educator and Student and Online Solicitation of a Minor on April 13, 2011 in the

207th Judicial District Court of Comal County. After pleading guilty to Count II,

Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student, the trial court sentenced

Appellant to ten years confinement and suspended the sentence for a period of ten

years. Appellant was also required to forfeit his teaching license and not apply for

any future teaching license in the United States. On September 4, 2014, Appellant

filed an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus under article 11.072 of the Texas

Code of Criminal Procedure. After the trial court denied the Application, Appellant

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appealed. Appellant’s brief was submitted on March 20, 2015. Appellee’s brief is

currently due on June 22, 2015.

II.

I am handling the appeal for the State in this case. I attended an appellate

law conference in Austin over three days at the end May, and I sat second chair for

oral argument in 03-14-00669-CR on June 3, 2015. I also helped review and file

another attorney’s brief in 03-14-00192-CR. I worked through the weekend of the

13th to file the State’s brief before midnight on June 15th in cause number 03-14-

00407-CR. I have had several expunctions and nondisclosures to review, some of

which required me to draft and file answers. I have also performed research related

to issues that came up for other attorneys in the office. Finally, I have begun

working on the State’s response in 03-14-00639-CR, which I hope to complete on

or shortly after the current deadline of July 2nd; I will work on the State’s brief in

the instant cause immediately after completing the work on 03-14-00639-CR.

Because of the foregoing, I have not yet been able to complete a significant

amount of work on a response, and respectfully request an extension of 35 days to

file the State’s brief in the instant cause. This is the third extension sought by

Appellee.

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III.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State’s counsel

respectfully prays for an extension of 33 days, until July 27, 2015, so that an

adequate response may be made to Appellant’s brief. This extension is not

requested for purposes of delay but so that justice may be done.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Joshua D. Presley
Joshua D. Presley SBN: 24088254
preslj@co.comal.tx.us
Comal Criminal District Attorney’s Office
150 N. Seguin Avenue, Suite 307
New Braunfels, Texas 78130
Ph: (830) 221-1300 / Fax: (830) 608-2008

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Joshua D. Presley, Assistant District Attorney for the State of Texas,

Appellee, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this State’s Third Motion to

Extend Time to File Brief has been delivered to Appellant CLINTON DAVID

BECK’s attorney in this matter:

Terri R. Zimmermann
Terri.Zimmermann@ZLZSlaw.com
770 South Post Oak Lane, Suite 620
Houston, TX 77056
Counsel for Appellant on Appeal

By electronically sending it to the above-listed email address, this 22nd day of June,
2015.

/s/ Joshua D. Presley
Joshua D. Presley