PD-0195-15
No.
IN THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
AUSTIN, TEXAS
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COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
CHAD ALAN CARNEY FEB 20 2015
US .
THE STATE OF TEXAS Abel Acosta, Clerk
FROM APPEAL No. 1 2.-1 3-00 33B-C R _
TRIAL CAUSE No. F1219065 rn, IOT.__ .„„ "*
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL 9
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY WLO
FEB 20 2015
first motion for extension Abel Acosta, Clerk.
OF TIME TO FILE
PETITION FOR.DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
TO THE HONORABLE 3UDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:
Comes now, Chad Alan Carney, Petitioner, and files this Motion
for an Extension of Time for sixty(60) days in which to file a
Petition for Discretionary Revieu. In support of this motion,
appellant shows the Court the following:
The petitioner was convicted in the 420th District Court of
Nacogdoches County, Texas, of the offense of aggravatedrobbery
in Cause No. F1219065, styled State of Texas Us'. Chad Alan Carney
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The petitioner appealed to the Court of Appeals, Twelfth Supreme
Judicial District. The case was affirmed on January 30, 2015.
II.
The present deadline for filing the Petition for Discretionary
Review is.March 2, 2015. The petitioner has not requested any exten
sion prior to this request.
III.
Petitioner's request for an extension is.based upon the following
facts :
Petitioner was not informed of the decision of the Court of Appeals
in affirming his case until February 3, 2015. Since that time petitioner
has been attempting to gain legal representation in this matter. His
attorney of appeal, Noel D. Cooper, has informed Petitioner that he
will not represent him on the Petition for Discretionary Review.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays this Court grant this motion and
extend the deadline for filing the Petition for Discretionary Review
in Cause No. 12-13-0033B-CR to May 5, 2015.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
first.Motion of Extension of Time to file a Petition for Discretionary
Review, has been forwarded by U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, first class,
to the Clerk of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, P.O. Box 1230B,
Austin, Texas 78711 , on this the /k3 day of FebrLjxqry 2015
Chad Carney, Petitioner/, pro se
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DECLARATION
I Chad Alan Carney, TDCJ # 1BB6931, being presently incarcerated
in ,the East.ham Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
in Houston County, Texas, verify and declare under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing statements are true and correct. Executed on this
the /{ <) day of February, 2015.
Respep± fu1Vy Sub/ffli. 11ed ,
Chad Alan Carney
Petitioner, Pro se
Texas Department of Criminal
Justice-Institutional Division
Eastham Unit
TDCJ-ID # 1BB6931
Lovelady, Texas 75B51
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