ACCEPTED
03-14-00802-CR
6433464
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
8/10/2015 4:56:14 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
NO. 03-14-00802-CR
PEDRO ELIZONDO MARTINEZ JR. § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
§ AUSTIN, TEXAS
v. § THIRD DISTRICT
8/10/2015 4:56:14 PM
§ JEFFREY D. KYLE
STATE OF TEXAS § Clerk TEXAS
AUSTIN,
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF
NOW COMES THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee, by and through her
Assistant District Attorney, John C. Prezas, and moves the Court, pursuant to Texas
Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d), to extend the deadline for filing the State’s brief.
In support of its motion, the State would show the Court the following:
1. The State’s Brief in this case is due on August 10, 2015.
2. No previous extensions of time have been requested by the State or granted by this
Court.
3. Appellant’s brief was filed in this Court on July 10, 2015.
4. Mr. Prezas plans to file proposed findings of fact and conclusion of law in Ex Parte
Wendi Ann Tillman 06-1062-K368 on August 14, 2015, a response to the trial court
regarding a request for DNA testing in State vs. Charles Lee 03-798-K277 on
August 18, 2015, a State’s brief in State vs. James Allen Weatherford 03-14-00527-
CR on August 31, 2015, and a State’s brief in State vs. Jim Jack Thompson 03-14-
00371-CR on September 15, 2015.
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5. Since the previous extension was granted Mr. Prezas has made progress on
researching the legal issues raised by Appellant in the instant case while also filing
a State’s brief in response to Appellant’s pro se brief in cause State vs. James Allen
Weatherford 03-14-00528-CR on August 3, 2015, answers and proposed findings
of fact and conclusions of law in Ex Parte Samuel Jedediah Burleson 05-265-
K277D and Ex Parte Samuel Jedediah Burleson 08-684-K26C, proposed findings
of fact and conclusion of law in Ex Parte Steven M. Ruiz 12-1097-K26A, and
answers in Ex Parte Joseph Paul Mayzone 93-070-K277A, Ex Parte Joseph Paul
Mayzone 93-069-K277A, Ex Parte Victor Manuel Soto 13-1581-K26A, Ex Parte
Edwin Gus Schneider 10-960-K26A, Ex Parte Timothy Jerrold Kipp 13-0658-
K277A, and Ex Parte Timothy Jerrold Kipp 13-0622-K277A
6. For the foregoing reasons, The State respectfully requests that the deadline for
filing its brief in the above stated cause be extended for an additional sixty (60)
days from the current due date of August 10, 2015, to October 9, 2015.
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WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State of Texas respectfully
requests that this Court grant its motion for an extension of time and extend the State’s
deadline to file its brief to October 9, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
Jana Duty
District Attorney
Williamson County, Texas
/s/ John C. Prezas
John C. Prezas
Assistant District Attorney
State Bar Number 24041722
405 Martin Luther King #1
Georgetown, Texas 78626
(512) 943-1248
(512) 943-1255 (fax)
jprezas@wilco.org
Certificate of Service
This is to certify that on August 10, 2015, a copy of the foregoing motion has
been sent to Appellant’s attorney of record, Ellic Sahualla, 600 W. 13th St., Austin, TX
78701, by eservice at ellic@sahuallalaw.com.
/s/ John C. Prezas
John C. Prezas
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