PD-1478-15 PD-1478-15
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Transmitted 11/13/2015 2:31:42 PM
Accepted 11/16/2015 2:46:49 PM
PD-_________________ ABEL ACOSTA
CLERK
IN THE
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
01-14-00536-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
DENNIS ROY REDDING § APPELLANT
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VS. §
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THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPELLEE
APPEAL IN CAUSE NO. 12-CR-2363
IN THE 212TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
OF GALVESTON COUNTY
APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:
NOW COMES, , Appellant in the above entitled and numbered cause, by and
through his attorney of record, Stanley G. Schneider, and submits this Motion for
Extension of Time to file his Petition for Discretionary Review until December 16,
2015. For good cause, Appellant shows as follows:
1 November 16, 2015
1. The First Court of Appeals issued its opinion on October 15, 2015.
Appellant did not file a Motion for Rehearing. Appellant’s petition for discretionary
review is due November 16, 2015. This is Appellant’s first request for an extension
of time to file Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review.
2. Appellant’s counsel is in trial in State of Texas v. Robert Yetman, Cause
Number in the 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas. A jury was selected on
October 29, 2015, and evidence began November 2, 2015, and the trial has not yet
concluded.
3. Appellant’s counsel participated in the following in the past thirty days:
State of Texas v. Eric Heilman, Post Conviction Hearing after case was reversed and
remanded back to the trial court on appeal. This post conviction hearing was
assigned to Judge Kent Walston for the County Court at Law No. 2 of Jefferson
County, Texas.
4. This Motion is not made for delay, but to see that justice is done.
Appellant submits that the State of Texas will not be prejudiced by the granting of
this continuance.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that the
deadline for filing of Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to file his Petition for
Discretionary Review be extended to December 16, 2015.
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Respectfully submitted,
SCHNEIDER & McKINNEY, P.C.
/s Stanley G. Schneider
Stanley G. Schneider
T.B.C. No. 17790500
440 Louisiana
Suite 800
Houston, Texas 77002
Office: 713-951-9994
Fax: 713-224-6008
Email: stans3112@aol.com
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the attached and foregoing
Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Petition of
Discretionary Review has been mailed, hand- delivered, or e-mailed on this 13th day
of November, 2015, to the office of the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office
located at 600 59th Street, Galveston, Texas 77551 and the Office of the State
Prosecuting Attorney, P.O. Box 13046, Austin, Texas 78711.
/s/ Stanley G. Schneider
Stanley G. Schneider
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