Botley, James Lee

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 16, 2016
• Docket: PD-0669-16
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-0669-16

NO.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

RECEIVED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPFA'.S JAMES LEE BOTLEY aka JAMES BOTLEY,

Appellant JUN 16 2016

vs - AbelAcosta.Cleri' THE STATE OF TEXAS/

Appellee

On petition for discretionary review from the Ninth Court of Appeals; Number 09-14-00224-CR. On appeal from the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County/ Texas; Number 12-15666.

Botley's First Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition for Discretionary Review pn pp* iy COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

Abel Acosta, Clerk

James Lee Botley TDCJ# 1931091 Telford Unit 3899 State Hwy 98 New Boston, Tx 75570

Pro se Appellant

June 13/ 2016 To the Honorable Justices:

Pro se James Lee Botley is seeking' a 60 day extension of time

to file his petition for discretionary review for the following

reasons:

1. On May 18/ 2016/ the below court of appeals issued its

opinion and judgment affirming the conviction for aggravated

robbery.

2. A petition for discretionary review is due on or before

June 17/ 2016.

3. No other requests for extension of time have been filed

nor have any previous extensions been granted.

4. Being confined/ Botley is limited to his access to the

law library. The policies of the law library require Botley to

special order any recent case law, books/ or materials. He is

limited to three items per day, with access to only five days per

week. This causes a significant delay in discovering favorable

cases, and researching them.

5. Also, Botley has been in a transit status for the past

several days, where he did not have access to research materials.

6. He does not seek an extension for the purpose of

harassment, but that justice be done-

7. He seeks this extension in good faith.

Prayer

Botley prays the Court grant him a 60 day extension of time

to file his petition for discretionary review. Botley prays for general relief.

Respectfully submitted,

mes Lee Botley *£^ ?DCJ# 1931091 Telford Unit 3899 State Hwy 98 New Boston, Tx 75570

Certificate of Service

I certify that a true and correct copy of this motion was served

on the below persons by placing the same in the prison mailing system,

properly addressed and posted for U.S. First Class mail on June

13, 2016.

Ann Manes Assistant District Attorney 1085 Pearl Street/ Ste 300 Beaumont, Tx 77701

State Prosecuting Attorney P.O. Box 12405 Austin, Tx 78711

Signed on June 13, 2016.