Gerardo Tapia-Lopez v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 20, 2015
• Docket: 01-14-01016-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 01-14-01016-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 3/20/2015 3:21:46 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

No. 01-14-01016-CR

GERARDO TAPIA-LOPEZ X IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN X 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS X 3/20/2015 3:21:46 PM VS. X CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE X Clerk X THE STATE OF TEXAS X OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

COMES NOW, GERARDO TAPIA-LOPEZ, Appellant, and moves for an

extension of thirty (30) days in which to file the Appellant’s brief in this case, until

and including April 20, 2015, and shows:

A. The deadline for filing the Appellant’s Brief in this cause is currently Friday,

March 20, 2015.

C. A request is hereby made for an extension of time to file the Appellant’s Brief,

until and including Monday, April 20, 2015.

D. The undersigned attorney, Bob Wicoff, has been unusually busy with other

matters which have kept him from completing the brief by the current

deadline, including, but not limited to, the following:

FEANYICHI UVUKANSI VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 01-14-00527- CR; Appellant’s brief filed on March 9, 2015 (capital murder);

GRISELDA AZA VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; Nos. 14-14-00241-CR and 14-14-00242-CR; Appellant’s brief filed on March 11, 2015; RICHARD ANTHONY SCOTT VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 14-14- 00726-CR; Appellant’s brief filed on March 18, 2015;

NORMA SANCHEZ VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. 14-14-00780-CR; Appellant’s brief filed on March 19, 2015;

JAMIE IBARRA VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS; No. PD-0206-15; Appellant’s PDR due on March 25, 2015.

Additionally, the undersigned serves on the Texas Forensic Science

Commission Hair Microscopy Panel, as part of a team reviewing hundreds of cases

involving possible errors in expert testimony. The undersigned also has ongoing

administrative duties in his position as chief of the appellate division of the Harris

County Public Defender’s Office.

D. No previous extensions have been requested.

Respectfully submitted,

ALEXANDER BUNIN Chief Public Defender Harris County Texas

/s/ Bob Wicoff__________ BOB WICOFF 1201 Franklin, Thirteenth Floor Houston Texas 77002 (713) 274-6781 TBA No. 21422700 Bob.wicoff@pdo.hctx.net CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A true copy of this motion has been served electronically on the Harris County

District Attorney’s Office Appellate Division on the 20th day of March, 2015.

/s/_Bob Wicoff_________ BOB WICOFF