Benny Cavazos Valverde v. State

ACCEPTED 04-14-00338-CR FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 9/29/2015 2:54:45 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK NO.  04-­‐14-­‐00338-­‐CR       FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS BENNY  CAVASOS  VALVERDE,     §     IN  THE  COURT   OF     TEXAS SAN ANTONIO,   Appellant   09/29/15 2:54:45 PM   KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk vs.             §     APPEALS,  FOURTH       THE  STATE  OF  TEXAS,       §     COURT  OF  APPEALS     Appellee                 §     SAN  ANTONIO,  TEXAS       A  MOTION  FOR  EXTENSION  OF   TIME  TO  FILE  APPELLEE’S  BRFIEF       TO  THE  HONORABLE  COURT  OF  APPEALS:       Now  comes  the  State  of  Texas,  Appellee  in  the  instant  cause,  by   and  through  his  undersigned  counsel,  Edward  F.  Shaughnessy,  and  files   this  Appellee’s  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  to  File  Appellee’s  Brief.    In   support  of  the  instant  motion  the  Appellee  would  show  unto  this  Court   the  following:   A.     The  Appellant  is  appealing  the  judgment  of  the  290th    District   Court  of    Bexar  County  Texas  wherein  he  was  convicted  of  Murder  and   sentenced  to  thirty  (30)  years  of  confinement  in  the  Institutional   Division  of  the  Texas  Department  of  Criminal  Justice.    Notice  of  Appeal   was  filed  in  a  timely  fashion  in  the  trial  Court.       B.     The  undersigned  is  serving  as  a  prosecutor  pro  tem  pursuant  to  an   appointment  by  the  judge  of  the  290th  District  Court  of  Bexar  County  due   to  a  conflict  of  interest  on  the  part  of  the  Criminal  District  Attorney  for   Bexar  County.    The  undersigned  did  not  serve  as  the  prosecutor  in  the   trial  Court.       C.      The  Appellant’s  brief  in  the  instant  matter  was  filed  in  this  Court   on  June  1,  2015.  The  Appellee’s  brief  was  due  to  be  filed  on  September   21,  2015.    The  Appellee  would  request  a  thirty-­‐day  extension  of  time  to   file  the  Appellee’s  brief  until  October  21,  2015.             C.     Counsel  is  in  the  process  of  compiling  briefs  in  the  following   matters:    James  Garza  v.  The  State  of  Texas,  Cause  No.  04-­‐15-­‐000456-­‐CR   and  Richard  Longoria  v.  The  State  of  Texas,  Cause  No.  13-­‐15-­‐00173-­‐CR.     The  undersigned  is  also  in  the  process  of  compiling  a  Petition  for   Discretionary  Review  in  the  case  of  Alvin  Valadez  v.  The  State  of  Texas,   Cause  No.  04-­‐1400626-­‐CR.                 D.     The  record  of  the  instant  case  has  been  obtained  from  the  office  of   the  Clerk  and  a  review  of  that  record  has  been  undertaken.                                                                                                                          E.     The  undersigned  is  also  in  the  process  of  compiling  a  proposed   order  on  the  post-­‐conviction  writ  of  habeas  corpus  in  the  case  of  Ex   Parte  Denise  Crouch,  Cause  no.  08-­‐06-­‐9897-­‐1-­‐CR,  currently  pending   before  the  38th  District  Court  for  Medina  County.                           PRAYER     Wherefore  premises  considered,  the  Appellee  would  request  a   sixty  day  extension  of  time  file  the  brief  in  the  instant  case  until  October   21,  2015.     Respectfully  submitted,   /S/_____________________________   Edward  F.  Shaughnessy,  III   Attorney  for  the  Appellee   206  East  Locust  Street   San  Antonio,  Texas  78212   SBN:  18134500   Phone:  (210)  212-­‐6700   Fax:  (210)  212-­‐2178   Shaughnessy727@gmail.com                     CERTIFICATE  OF  SERVICE       I  hereby  certify  that  a  copy  of  the  instant  motion  was  served  upon   David   Schulman,   attorney   for   the   appellant   by   e-­‐mailing   the   motion   to   zdrdavida@davidschulman.com  on  this  the  29th  day  of  September,  2015.     /S/____________________________   Edward  F.  Shaughnessy,  III   Attorney  for  the  Appellant