ACCEPTED
14-15-00141-CR
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
12/14/2015 11:40:43 AM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 14-15-00141-CR
In the FILED IN
14th COURT OF APPEALS
Court of Appeals HOUSTON, TEXAS
For the 12/14/2015 11:40:43 AM
Fourteenth District of Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
At Houston
No. 1367953
In the 338th Criminal District Court
Of Harris County, Texas
GENARO TAMAYO
Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee
STATE’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
IN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS:
COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, appellee, in accordance with
Rules 10.5(b)(1) and 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and files
this motion for extension of time in which to file the State’s brief in this case, and,
in support thereof, presents the following:
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1. In the 338th Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas, in cause
number 1367953, the State charged appellant by indictment with aggravated
robbery with a deadly weapon in The State of Texas v. Genaro Tamayo.
2. A jury found appellant guilty as charged in the indictment, and assessed his
punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
Correctional Institutions Division, for twenty-five years.
3. The trial court sentenced appellant in accordance with the jury’s verdict on
February 10, 2015, and certified appellant’s right of appeal.
4. Appellant timely filed written notice of appeal on February 10, 2015.
5. Appellant filed his appellate brief with this Court on October 12, 2015.
6. The State’s appellate brief is due on December 14, 2015.
7. This is the State’s second request for an extension.
8. The State requests that this Court extend the timeframe for the State to file
its appellate brief to January 14, 2016.
9. The facts relied upon to explain the need for this extension are:
a. During the timeframe allowed for researching and preparing the
State’s appellate brief for this case, the undersigned attorney is also
responsible for researching and preparing the State’s appellate briefs
or documents in the following cases that are also assigned to her:
i. Roy Vasquez v. State of Texas; No. 01-15-00813-CR
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ii. Approximately $31,421 v. State of Texas; No. 14-14-00385-
CV; State’s Motion for En Banc Reconsideration
iii. Juan Mendoza v. State of Texas; No. 14-15-00537-CR
iv. Darius Houston-Randle v. State of Texas; No. 14-15-00272-CR
v. Christopher Braughton v. State of Texas; No. 01-15-00393-CR
vi. Alicia Correa v. State of Texas; No. 01-14-00849-CR
b. One prosecutor in the Appellate Division is currently out of the office
on maternity leave. Consequently, the undersigned attorney, in
addition to the remaining prosecutors in the Division, has been
responsible for responding to an increased volume of questions and
requests for assistance from trial prosecutors regarding matters which
are frequently time-sensitive and critical for cases currently in trial.
c. And, finally, the undersigned attorney has been assigned to a Harris
County District Attorney’s Office investigative team which, in
coordination with the Texas Rangers and with the Houston Police
Department, is tasked with investigating the alleged sale of human
tissue and organs at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast. The
investigation has been time-consuming; has required numerous
witness meetings, and travel to Austin and Fort Worth; and, thus, has
substantially added to the undersigned attorney’s workload.
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10. Consequently, while the undersigned attorney is in the process of writing
the State’s reply brief in this case, the undersigned attorney has not been
unable to complete it in the time permitted, despite due diligence. Hence,
the requested extension of time is necessary to permit the undersigned
attorney to adequately complete and file the State’s appellate brief for this
cause.
11. 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 State an
extension of time, until January 14, 2016, for the undersigned attorney to complete
and file the State’s appellate brief in this case.
Respectfully submitted,
/S/ Melissa Hervey
MELISSA P. HERVEY
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
State Bar No. 24053741
1201 Franklin Street, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone (713) 274-5826
Fax (713) 755-5809
Hervey_Melissa@dao.hctx.net
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that the undersigned counsel has directed the e-filing
system eFile.TXCourts.gov to serve a true and correct copy of the foregoing
document to Dena Fisher, appellant’s attorney of record on appeal, on December
14, 2015, at the following e-mail address, through the electronic service system
provided by eFile.TXCourts.gov:
d2f@sbcglobal.net
/S/ Melissa Hervey
MELISSA P. HERVEY
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
State Bar Number: 24053741
1201 Franklin Street, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone (713) 274-5826
Fax (713) 755-5809
Hervey_Melissa@dao.hctx.net
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Genaro Tamayo v. State
Combined Opinion