ACCEPTED
03-15-00560-CR
8392900
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
12/29/2015 1:38:42 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
No. 03-15-00560-CR
ROBERT PARADISE, ) COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD
FILED IN
Appellant ) 3rd COURT OF APPEALS
) AUSTIN, TEXAS
vs. ) SUPREME mDICIAL 12/29/2015
DISTRICT1:38:42 PM
) JEFFREY D. KYLE
STATE OF TEXAS, ) Clerk
Appellee ) AUSTIN, TEXAS
APPELLANT'S FIRST MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE mDGE OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW, Appellant, by and throughhis attorney ofrecord, and respectfully files
this his First Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief and requests this extension of time to
file his appellate brief in this cause herein, and for cause would show the Court the following:
I.
The Appellant, ROBERT PARADISE, was convicted in Cause No. B-12-0414-SB, in the
119m District Court of Tom Green County, Texas, of the offense of arson as a result of a trial
before the Court. Defendant's punishment was assessed at forty (40) years confinement in the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division.
II.
The Statement of Facts has been filed with the Court.
III.
The deadline for filing the Appellant's brief is January 11,2016. The undersigned attorney
would show the Court that he has insufficient time within which to file the brief by the deadline of
January 11,2016 because ofhis current caseload and trial schedule for the month of January 2016.
IV.
The undersigned counsel would respectfully request that the Court grant an extension of
forty-five (45) days' time to file the appellate brief.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully prays the Court
grant this motion for extension of time to file the appellate brief.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has this the 3..:1_ day of
December, 2015, been delivered to Mr. Bryan Clayton, Assistant District Attorney, 124 West
Beauregard, San Angelo, Texas 76903. ~
Kirk Hawkins