Demetric Lewis Alfred v. State

Opinion

ACCEPTED

12-14-00319-CR

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS

TYLER, TEXAS

3/4/2015 6:38:55 PM

CATHY LUSK

CLERK

No. 12-14-00319-CR

FILED IN

12th COURT OF APPEALS

In the Court of Appeals TYLER, TEXAS for the Twelfth Judicial District 3/4/2015 6:38:55 PM at Tyler, Texas CATHY S. LUSK Clerk

Demetric Lewis Alfred,

Appellant

V.

State of Texas,

Appellee

On Appeal From Cause No. CR-22090-AA in the 159th Judicial District Court of Angelina County, Texas

State’s First Motion for Extension (Unopposed)

To the Honorable Justices of this Court:

Appellee, State of Texas, moves for a 7-day extension of time to file its brief.

I.

Under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the general deadline to file an appellee’s brief is 30 days after the date the appellant’s brief was filed. Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b). Appellant’s Brief was filed on February 2, 2015, giving the State until Wednesday March 4, 2015 to file its brief

The State of Texas now requests a 7-day extension of time in which to file its brief.

II.

Good cause exists for allowing the State additional time to file its brief for the following reasons:

1. Counsel for the State was working on and completed three other briefs during this time-frame, which are Owens v. State, No. 12-14- 00386-CR, Finley v. State, 12-14-00005-CR, and Dominey v. State, 12-14- 00226-CR.

2. Counsel for the State had to select a jury in State v. Fletcher, Cause No. 2014-0790 on Monday March 2, 2015 and trial is set to begin Friday March 6, 2015. This is in addition to the normal felony criminal docket counsel must prepare for.

3. Counsel for the Appellant is unopposed to this motion.

III.

From the above-listed reasons, the State has demonstrated that good cause for the failure to be able to submit its brief by the Court’s deadline. This is the State’s first motion for extension, and it is not brought for purposes of delay or harassment, but to see that justice is done.

Wherefore, Appellee State of Texas prays that the Court grant its requested 7-day extension to file its State’s Brief in this matter.

Respectfully Submitted,

/s/April Ayers-Perez

Assistant District Attorney Angelina County D.A.’s Office P.O. Box 908

Lufkin, Texas 75902

(936) 632-5090 phone

(936) 637-2818 fax

State Bar No. 24090975

aperez@angelinacounty.net

Attorney for Appellee

State of Texas

Certificate of Service

I do certify that on March 4, 2015 a true and correct copy of the above document has been served electronically to John Reeves, 1007 Grant Ave., Lufkin, Texas, 75901, attorney for Appellant, Demetric Alfred, through efile.txcourts.gov.

/s/April Ayers-Perez

Certificate of Conference I certify that on March 4, 2015, I conferred with John Reeves by telephone about this motion, and certify that he was unopposed to a 7-day extension.

/s/April Ayers-Perez