David Garcia Reyes v. State

ACCEPTED 06-14-00228-CR SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 7/13/2015 9:27:12 AM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK NO. 06-14-00228-CR FILED IN 6th COURT OF APPEALS DAVID GARCIA REYES, § COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS APPELLANT § 7/13/2015 9:27:12 AM § IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT DEBBIE AUTREY v. § Clerk § OF TEXAS AT DALLAS THE STATE OF TEXAS, § APPELLEE § STATE’S SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: COMES NOW the State of Texas, through the Criminal District Attorney of Dallas County, and respectfully requests that this Court extend the deadline for filing of the State’s Brief. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d). In support of this Motion, the State would show the Court the following: I. On November 7, 2014, a jury found appellant guilty of sexual assault of a child and sentenced him to fifteen years’ confinement. II. Appellant filed his brief on appeal on May 13, 2015. Under Rule 38.6 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the State’s brief was due June 12, 2015. This Court granted the State’s first motion for extension, setting the new deadline to State’s Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief 1 July 13, 2015. The State now seeks a fourteen-day extension of the deadline for the filing of its brief, setting the new deadline to July 27, 2015. III. There is a reasonable explanation for the State’s need for an extension. Counsel was unable to complete the State’s brief before the original deadline because of her busy docket on post-conviction applications for writs of habeas corpus as well as a deadline in an accelerated appeal (Dillard v. State, No. 05-15- 00488-CR). Since the deadline for the State’s brief was first extended, the undersigned counsel has filed responses to nine more post-conviction applications for writs of habeas corpus, along with proposed findings on each writ. Counsel has also spent time beginning its investigation into claims of ineffective assistance and actual innocence in two post-conviction habeas applications that are currently pending. Finally, counsel was assigned in early July to review and edit the written work of another attorney in the appellate division of the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Counsel spent the majority of the past week on this assignment. For the foregoing reasons, additional time is necessary for the preparation and filing of the State’s brief on this matter. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State respectfully requests that the filing deadline for the State’s brief be extended to July 27, 2015. State’s Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief 2 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Grace E. Shin Susan Hawk Grace E. Shin Criminal District Attorney Assistant District Attorney Dallas County, Texas State Bar No. 24033062 Frank Crowley Courts Bldg. 133 N. Riverfront Blvd., LB-19 Dallas, Texas 75207-4399 (214) 653-3631 (214) 653-3643 fax CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true copy of this Motion has been served on appellant’s attorney, Kathleen Walsh, via eFile at Kathleen.Walsh@dallascounty.org on July 13, 2015. /s/ Grace E. Shin _______________________ Grace E. Shin State’s Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief 3