Dotson, Daryl

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 18, 2015
• Docket: PD-0734-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-0734-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 6/17/2015 9:28:06 AM JUNE 18, 2015 Accepted 6/18/2015 11:18:57 AM NO. ___________________ ABEL ACOSTA CLERK

DARYL DOTSON § IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS § v. § STATE OF TEXAS § THE STATE OF TEXAS § AUSTIN, TEXAS

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT:

NOW COMES, the Appellant, DARYL DOTSON, and moves for an extension of time to

file the Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review in this case, and in support thereof would

show the following:

I.

a. This case is pending below in the Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas under Cause No. F11-63228-I, styled State of Texas v. Daryl Dotson. It is also pending in the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals under case number 13-13-00387-CR.

b. Appellant was convicted of Capital Murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The judgment date was May 23, 2013. On June 4, 2015, the Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction.

c. The deadline for filing the Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review was July 4, 2015.

d. Appellant requests an extension until August 4, 2015, to file the Petition for Discretionary Review.

e. The reason for this request is that, in the last few weeks, counsel has been working on the following:

1. Working on briefs in United States v. Abdulrahman Odeh, Mufid Abdulqader, Ghassan Elashi, Mohammad El-Mezain, and Shukri Abu Baker Nos. 15- 10304, 15-10308, 15-10306, 15-10303, 15-10307, in the United States Court

Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review - Page 1 of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

2. Working on brief in Tom Iles White III v. State of Texas, No. 05-14-01359- CR, in the Dallas Court of Appeals.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully prays that this Motion

be granted.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Gary A. Udashen GARY A. UDASHEN Texas State Bar No. 20369590

SORRELS, UDASHEN & ANTON 2311 Cedar Springs Road Suite 250 Dallas, Texas 75201 214-468-8100 214-468-8104 fax

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion for

Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief was electronically delivered to the Dallas County

District Attorney’s Office, and to the State Prosecuting Attorney, on this the 17th day of June, 2015.

/s/ Gary A. Udashen GARY A. UDASHEN

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