Armando Ochoa v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 20, 2015
• Docket: 03-14-00740-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 03-14-00740-CR 4950912 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 4/20/2015 12:16:43 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE CLERK No. 03-14-00740-CR

STATE OF TEXAS § FILED IN IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL 3rd COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT AUSTIN, TEXAS § 4/20/2015 12:16:43 PM v. § COURT OF JEFFREY D. KYLE APPEALS Clerk § ARMANDO OCHOA § AT AUSTIN, TEXAS

APPELLANT’S RESPONSE TO LATE BRIEF NOTICE AND MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT'S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:

Now comes ARMANDO OCHOA, Appellant in the above styled and

numbered cause, and moves this Court to grant an extension of time of 30 days to file

appellant's brief, pursuant to Rule 38.6 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,

and for good cause shows the following:

1. This case is on appeal from the 299TH Judicial District Court of Travis

County, Texas. The case below was styled the State of Texas v. Armando Ochoa,

numbered D-1-DC- 14 - 202835.

2. Appellant was convicted of the offense of Assault – Family Violence

he received a sentence of 14 years. He is currently incarcerated.

April 9, 2015 and is overdue.

4. Appellant requests a 30 - day extension of time from the present date to

1 file the brief. He has received no previous extensions on these cases.

5. Appellant relies on the following facts as good cause for the requested

extension. In addition to the present case, the undersigned counsel has been working

on the following appellate and post-conviction cases which have interfered with his

preparation of the present case:

a. Randy Halprin v. William Stephens – counsel has been to a

federal post-conviction writ from a capital case and has been

assiduously attempting to obtain and review the appellate record in order

to prepare a response to the State’s Answer.

b. State of Texas v. Antonio Martinez – brief filed in this Court on

March 23, 2015.

6. In the present case, counsel has completed his review of the appellate

record and is researching and evaluating potential issues to raise in the brief. For

this reason, counsel seeks an extension of time in order to adequately fulfill his

obligations under the 6th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Court

grant this Motion To Extend Time to File Appellant's Brief for 30 additional days

form the filing of this motion, and for such other and further relief as the Court may

deem appropriate.

2 Respectfully submitted,

Law Office of Alexander L. Calhoun 4301 W. William Cannon Dr., B-150, # 260 Austin, TX 78749 Tele: 512/ 420- 8850 Fax: 512/ 233-5946 Cell: 512/731-3159 Email: alcalhoun@earthlink.net

BY:__/s/_Alexander L. Calhoun Alexander L. Calhoun State Bar No.: 00787187

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that on April 20, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above

and foregoing document was served by U.S. Mail on the State at the following

address:

Travis County District Attorney’s Office P.O. Box 1748 Austin, TX 78767

/s/ Alexander L. Calhoun Alexander L. Calhoun