ACCEPTED
14-14-00244-CR
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
10/12/2015 4:56:10 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 14-14-00244-CR
In the FILED IN
Court of Appeals 14th COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
For the
10/12/2015 4:56:10 PM
Fourteenth District of Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
At Houston Clerk
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No. 1371877
In the 174th District Court
Of Harris County, Texas
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MARQUIS DIAMOND
Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee
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STATE’S SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
WITHIN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
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TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:
THE STATE OF TEXAS, pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1, 10.5(b) &
38.6(d), moves for an extension of time within which to file its appellate
brief. In support of its motion, the State submits the following:
1. Appellant was charged with the offense of capital murder. The
jury found appellant guilty and he was sentenced to life
imprisonment.
2. Appellant’s brief was filed on August 7, 2015, making the State’s
brief due, after an extension, on October 8, 2015. The State’s seeks
an extension of 30 days, until November 9, 2015, to file its brief.
3. The undersigned attorney has filed four briefs in the last 45 days
and has three more briefs due in the next 30 days. The
undersigned attorney recently spoke at TDCAA’s Annual
Conference on Scotus and CCA Caselaw Update and wrote an
article for The Prosecutor.
4. The State’s motion is not for purposes of delay, but so that justice
may be done.
WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant the requested
extension until November 9, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Jessica Akins
JESSICA AKINS
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
1201 Franklin, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
State Bar Number: 24029415
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5, this certifies that on October 12, 2015,
a copy of this motion was served upon appellant’s counsel:
Wayne T. Hill – wthlaw@aol.com
/s/Jessica Akins
JESSICA AKINS, ADA – Harris County