Jordan Dwayne Nichols v. State

ACCEPTED 14-15-00259-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 12/7/2015 3:35:09 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK Cause No. 14-15-00259-CR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE HOUSTON, TEXAS FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS 12/7/2015 3:35:09 PM AT HOUSTON CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk JORDAN NICHOLS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. Appeal from Cause No. 194143 In the County Court at Law No. 3 of Brazoria County, Texas ____________________________________________________________________ APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE REPLY BRIEF ____________________________________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS: Appellant, JORDAN NICHOLS, by and through his Counsel of Record, CARMEN ROE, files this Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Reply Brief and in support shows this Court the following: I. Appellant was convicted in County Court at Law No. 3 of Brazoria County, Texas, in Cause No. 194143, for the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia. Punishment was assessed at a five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine. A writ of habeas corpus was filed and subsequently denied by the Court on February 27, 2015. II. Appellant’s Brief was filed September 18, 2015 and the State’s Brief was filed November 7, 2015. Appellant’s Reply Brief is currently due on December 7, 2105. III. Appellant requests an extension of thirty (30) days until January 6, 2016 to file its brief. Counsel requests the additional time to file its brief because the following briefs are due in the next thirty (30) days: State v. Mashood Uddin, State v. Andreas Marcopoulos, State v. Derek Johnson, and State v. Fernando Razo. For these reasons, Counsel has been unable to submit Appellant’s Reply Brief on the due date and hereby requests an extension of time. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Honorable Court extend the time for filing Appellant’s Reply Brief in this cause until January 6, 2016. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, /s/ Carmen Roe _________________________________ CARMEN ROE CARMEN ROE | LAW FIRM SBN: 24048773 440 Louisiana, Suite 900 Houston, Texas 77002 713.236.7755 Phone 713.236.7756 Fax carmen@carmenroe.com ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served to the Brazoria County District Attorney, Appellate Division, 111 East Locust Street, Room 206A, Angleton, Texas 77515, on December 7, 2015. /s/ Carmen Roe _____________________________ CARMEN ROE