Daniel Cruz A/K/A Roy Nixon Mejia v. State

Opinion

ACCEPTED 14-14-00908-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/27/2015 8:02:15 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

No. 14-14-00908-CR ________________________________________________________________________ IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN FOR THE 14th COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS FOURTEENTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT 4/27/2015 8:02:15 PM AT HOUSTON CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk ________________________________________________________________________

DANIEL CRUZ § APPELLANT

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STATE OF TEXAS § APPELLEE

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MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING APPELLATE BRIEF

COMES NOW DANIEL CRUZ, Appellant in the above entitled and numbered cause

and moves the court to extend the time for filing his appellate brief and in support thereof

would show the court as follows:

Appellant was convicted of the felony of aggravated assault in cause number 13-

DCR-064876 in the 268th District Court of Fort Bend County and assessed a punishment of

imprisonment for fourteenth years in the Institutional Division, on November 3, 2014.

Appeal was perfected on November 3, 2014. Appellant’s brief was due on April 3, 2015.

Counsel has been unable to complete the brief because of a number of other trial and

appellate matters. Counsel is requesting an extension of 30 days, until May 27, 2015

No prior extensions have been granted.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that the foregoing

motion be granted. Respectfully submitted,

/s/ J.Sidney Crowley J. Sidney Crowley 214 Morton St. Richmond, Texas 77469 281-232-8332 jcrowl@windstream.net TBC No. 05170200 ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on the

Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, this the 27th day April, 2015.

/s/ J. Sidney Crowley