AP-77,038
FILED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
COURT OF CRIMINALAPPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS
Transmitted 6/15/2015 4:02:26 PM
June 16, 2015
Accepted 6/15/2015 4:07:40 PM
ABEL ACOSTA
ABEL ACOSTA, CLERK No. AP-77,038 CLERK
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AT AUSTIN, TEXAS
US CARNELL PETETAN, JR., a/k/a,
CARNELL PETETAN, JR., Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT'S BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL
APPEALS:
Comes now, US Carnell Petetan, Jr., Appellant in the above styled and
numbered cause and would show this honorable Court the following:
I.
Petetan was convicted in the above cause for the offense of capital murder
and punishment was at death. Notice of appeal was timely filed and the appeal
docketed in this Court.
II.
A clerk's record was filed on September 4, 2014. A reporter's record was
filed on March 3, 2015. Petetan's brief is due on July 1, 2015.
III.
Appellant seeks a 60 day extension of the current deadline in which to file
Appellant's brief, up to and including, August 31, 2015.
IV.
This request is based on the following facts which prevent counsel for
Appellant from preparing the brief by the current deadline:
The record in this cause is voluminous. It is comprised of 67 volumes and
various electronic exhibits. The record is 10,498 pages in length. Counsel will not
have the opportunity to review the record and prepare Appellant's brief by July 1,
2015. Filing of the brief cannot be accomplished by the current deadline while still
effectively representing Appellant on direct appeal to this Court.
V.
This is the second request for an extension to file Appellant's brief and will
be the last such request.
PRAYER
Appellant requests this Court grant the motion and extend the time to file
Appellant's brief by 60 days, up to and including, August 31, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/Richard E. Wetzel
Richard E. Wetzel
State Bar No. 21236300
1411 West Ave., Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78701
(512)469-7943
(512)474-5594
wetzel_law@141 lwest.com
Attorney for Appellant
US Carnell Petetan, Jr.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify a true and correct copy of this pleading was mailed to
Counsel for the State of Texas, Abel Reyna, Criminal District Attorney, 219 N. 6l
St., Ste. 200, Waco, TX, 76701 on this the 15th day of June, 2015.
/s/Richard E. Wetzel
Richard E. Wetzel
State Bar No. 21236300