ACCEPTED
05-17-00910-CR
FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS
DALLAS, TEXAS
1/30/2018 4:59 PM
LISA MATZ
CLERK
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT
DALLAS, TEXAS FILED IN
5th COURT OF APPEALS
DALLAS, TEXAS
ANGEL RICARDO RAZO § 1/30/2018 4:59:19 PM
§ LISA MATZ
Clerk
VS. § NO. 05-17-00910-CR
§
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
THIRD MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR
FILING APPELLANT'S BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW ANGEL RICARDO RAZO, Appellant in the above-entitled and
numbered cause, pursuant to Tex. R. App. Proc. 38.6 (d) and 10.5 (b), and submits this Motion
requesting that Appellant be granted an additional fourteen (14) days to February 13, 2018 in which
to file the Appellant's Brief, and in support would show the Honorable Court the following:
I.
The cause styled "State of Texas vs. ANGEL RICARDO RAZO", Cause No. F13-60370-
L, was tried in Criminal District Court No. 5, Dallas County, Texas, and at the conclusion of the
trial the Defendant was found guilty of the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child and
punishment was assessed at thirty-eight (38) years confinement in the Texas Department of
Corrections, Institutional Division. Notice of Appeal was timely filed.
II.
Appellant's brief was initially due to be filed on December 4, 2017. Appellant previously
requested a forty-five (45) day extension and was granted a thirty (30) day extension of time until
December 31, 2017and a thirty (30) day extension of time until January 30, 2018, for the filing of
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the Appellant’s Brief. Appellant is now requesting an additional fourteen (14) days until February
13, 2018 to complete and file the Appellant’s Brief.
III.
Granting an additional fourteen (14) day extension for filing Appellant's Brief will enable
counsel to adequately present the issues to be raised in this appeal. Counsel for Appellant was in a
jury trial in Cleveland County, Oklahoma in cause styled “State of Oklahoma vs. Jason Diamond”,
cause no. CF-16-1452 for the charge of Manslaughter First Degree on January 16, 2018 for pretrial
conference and jury trial January 22, 2018 through January 26, 2018. Counsel for Appellant is also
currently in the process of moving his entire law practice and needs additional time to prepare this
appeal.
IV.
The Appellant has been diligently pursuing this appeal and is not seeking this extension for
purposes of delay.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Motion be in all
things granted.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/WILLIAM A. BRATTON III
WILLIAM A. BRATTON III
2828 Routh, Suite 675-LB10
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 871-1133
(214) 871-0620 (fax)
State Bar No. 02916300
Email – bill@brattonlaw.com
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
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