ACCEPTED
14-15-00560-CR
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
12/17/2015 2:57:53 PM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
NO. 14-15-00560-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN
14th COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE HOUSTON, TEXAS
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS
12/17/2015 2:57:53 PM
HOUSTON, TEXAS CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
RUSSELL LEONARD § APPELLANT
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THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPELLEE
APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT AT LAW NO. 12
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. 1949831
APPELLANT’S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:
RUSSELL LEONARD, Appellant, pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b),
submits this motion to extend time to file brief. For good cause, Appellant shows:
I.
Appellant’s brief is currently due on December 23, 2015. Appellant asks
this Court to extend the deadline for filing this brief 30 days to January 22, 2016.
II.
Appellant’s counsel is a solo practitioner who, in the last 30 days, has
worked on the following appellate cause: Strimban v. State, 14-15-00251-CR,
motion for rehearing due on December 23, 2015 in this Court. Counsel also
prepared for and completed a jury trial in State v. Kendell Kerns, cause no.
2029710, in the County Criminal Court at Law No. 5, Harris County, Texas from
December 15-16, 2015.
III.
This Court has previously granted Appellant one extension of time for filing
his brief. This motion is not made for delay, but to see that justice is done.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Matthew J. DeLuca
Matthew J. DeLuca
State Bar No. 24069601
712 Main Street, Suite 2450
Houston, Texas 77002
Tel: (713) 429-4400
Fax: (713) 228-2366
matt@mattdelucalaw.com
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that a true and correct copy of this motion was served on the Harris
County District Attorney’s Office, by e-service.
/s/ Matthew J. DeLuca
Matthew J. DeLuca
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