George Jr. Munoz v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 8, 2015
• Docket: 04-15-00492-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 04-15-00492-CR FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 12/8/2015 10:01:54 AM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK

CAUSE NO. 04-15-00492-CR

GEORGE MUNOZ, JR. § FILEDCOURT IN THE FOURTH IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS V. § OF10:01:54 12/08/15 APPEALS AM § KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk THE STATE OF TEXAS § SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:

COMES NOW GEORGE MUNOZ, JR., the Appellant in the above styled and

numbered cause, and pursuant to Rule 10 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure files

this Motion requesting that the Court extend the time for filing the Appellant’s brief

in this cause, and in support shows as follows:

A.

1. The case is on appeal from the 226th District Court, Bexar County, Texas.

2. The style and number of the case in the trial court is State v. Munoz, Cause No.

2015-CR-5575.

3. The Appellant was charged with the offense of murder.

4. Punishment was assessed at life.

5. The present deadline for filing the Appellant’s brief is December 30, 2015.

6. The Appellant seeks an extension of time of 90 days until March 30, 2016.

1 7. This is the Appellant’s first motion for extension of time to file the Appellant’s

brief.

B.

This extension is not sought for the purpose of delaying this appeal, but for

the following reason:

1. Counsel would show that counsel has an aggravated sexual assault of a child case

scheduled for trial on December 10, 2015 in State v. Trinidad in the 379th District

Court, Bexar County, Texas; has a murder brief due on January 4, 2016 in Ramirez

v. State in the Fourth Court of Appeals, San Antonio, Texas; has a federal fraud trial

scheduled for trial on January 11, 2016 in the Western District of Texas in United

States v. Hoffman; has a death penalty brief due on January 15, 2016 in the Fifth

Circuit in Stephens v. Ramirez; has a drug trial scheduled on January 21, 2016 in

State v. Carter in the 399th District Court; has a brief due on January 26, 2016 in

this Court in Villarreal v. State; has a federal fraud trial scheduled on February

1, 2016 (estimated to last for one month) in the Western District of Texas in

United States v. Smith; and is scheduled for trial on March 9, 2016 in State v.

Timmins in County Court at Law No. 4, Bexar County, Texas.

2. The Appellant needs additional time in the case at bar to review the record and

to conduct the necessary research to adequately prepare the Appellant’s brief.

2 C.

On December 8, 2015, counsel conferred with counsel for the State, Enrico

Valdez, and his office stated that he is unopposed to the granting of this motion.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Counsel for the Appellant prays

that the Court grant an extension of time up to and including March 30, 2016 for

filing the Appellant’s brief.

Respectfully submitted,

GROSS & ESPARZA, P.L.L.C.

/s/ Michael C. Gross Michael C. Gross State Bar No. 08534480 106 South St. Mary’s Street, Suite 260 San Antonio, Texas 78205 (210) 354-1919 (210) 354-1920 Fax

Attorney for the Appellant, GEORGE MUNOZ, JR.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was emailed to Enrico Valdez at jeanette.canales@bexar.org on the 8th day of December 2015.

/s/ Michael C. Gross