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Nos. PD-0490 AND 0491-15
RECEIVED \H
In the Court of the Criminal Appeals COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
JOE POLANCO, Appellant NOV 3 0 2015
vs.
^bslAcosta. Clerk
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Court of Appeals Nos. 05-14-00212-CR and 05-14-00213-CR
Trial Court Cause Nos. 401-81063-2011, 401-80435-2012
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE T0F CR|MINAL APPEALS
APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR REHEARING n ,~-
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT:
Abel Acosta, Clerk
COMES NOW, Joe Polanco, Appellant, and files this Motion for Extension of Time to File
Appellant's Motion for Rehearing, pursuant to Rule 49.8 of the Texas Rules of Appellate
Procedure. As grounds in support of this Motion, Appellant states the following:
1. The Court of Criminal Appeals refused Appellant's Petition for Discretionary
Review on November 4,2015. :;
2. A Motion for Rehearing on Appellant's Petition for Discretionary Review is due to
the Court on November 19, 2015.
3. Appellant believes that he has not had adequate time to prepare a Motion for
Rehearing, therefore, he is asking the Court to consider allowing him an additional
thirty (30) days to submit a Motion for Rehearing.
4. In addition, the requested extension of time is necessary to ensure that Appellant
outlines the issues that he believes are the key factors to his appeal, so that the Court
can form a basis and understand the significance of the issues at hand.
5. Appellant is making a diligent effort to seek legal advice on how to approach the
Court with a strategic plan that will assist him in influencing the Court to grant his
Motion for Rehearing so that the Court can completely understand Appellant's issues
at hand.
6. Appellant requests that the Court allow him sufficient time to research the Texas
Rules of Appellate Procedure as well as any statutes which may assist him in proving
his issues to the Court.
PRAYER
Appellant prays that he be granted the relief requested in this motion and that said Court
allow him a thirty (30) day extension to prepare a Motion fofRehearing.
Res^ectfefry-submitted,
)E POKANCO
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copyof the foregoing was mailed to Greg
Willis, John R. Rolater, Jr., and Zeke Fortenberry, Collin County DistnjefrAttorney, 2100
Bloomdale Road, Suite 100, McKinney Texas 75071-8343 tmlr^^^-jl day ofNovember,
2015.
JOE ROLANCO
pro se