ACCEPTED
03-16-00257-CR
14441292
THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
12/23/2016 1:56:51 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
FILED IN
3rd COURT OF APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
DARA LLORENS 12/23/2016 1:56:51 PM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
V. NO. 3-16-00257-CRClerk
THE STATE OF TEXAS
APPELLANT’S SECOND MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:
COMES NOW, Dara Llorens, by and through her attorney of record,
Karen Oprea, and files this her Second Motion for Extension of Time to File
Brief and in support thereof, would show the Court the following:
I.
That the above-styled and numbered cause is styled The State of Texas
v. Dara Llorens, Cause Number D-1-DC-14-301967 in the 390th Judicial
District Court of Travis County, Texas. Appellant was sentenced on April 1,
2016.
II.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of interference with child
custody and kidnapping, and punishment was assessed at six (6) years.
III.
Notice of appeal was filed on April 19, 2016. The reporter’s record was
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filed on September 22, 2016, and the clerk’s record was filed on May 31,
2016. Appellant’s Brief is due to be filed on December 23, 2016.
IV.
This is Appellant’s second motion for extension of time to file her brief.
Appellant respectfully requests a fourteen day extension of time to file the
brief, which would make such brief due on Friday, January 6, 2017.
V.
The undersigned attorney has been working diligently on this case and
is close to completing Appellant’s brief. She will finish the brief immediately
after the holiday weekend. Counsel asks that she be given an additional 14
days to complete Appellant’s brief. She asks that this extension be granted so
that she may effectively represent Appellant and so that justice may be done
in this case.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Karen E. Oprea
KAREN E. OPREA
The Law Office of Oprea & Weber
510 N. IH35
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702
(512) 485-3003
(512) 597-1658 (Fax)
SBN: #24090307
ATTORNEY FOR MS. DARA
LLORENS (COURT-APPOINTED)
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
I hereby certify that this motion was computer generated and contains
397 words, as calculated by the word count function on my computer.
/s/ Karen E. Oprea
KAREN E. OPREA
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Karen E. Oprea, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief was sent by
email to the Travis County District Attorney’s Office at
appellatetcda@traviscountytx.gov, on this 23rd day of December, 2016.
/s/ Karen E. Oprea
KAREN E. OPREA
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