Hartsfield, Richard Earl

Opinion

PD-1679-14 IN THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

RICHARD EARL HARTSFIELD, § .^.^ CQurt ^ ^ ^ _ f?e an 241-1150-13 SMITH f^eBV© GS\3 v' .

n ^ . B . KW(\ OF CRilWAL APPEALS Court of Appeals No.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, * 12-13-00343-CR ncn . . .W1 Appellee. s Ufcl 31 201^ §

APPELLANT HARTSFIELD's FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION^'O.F1 AfCCSfa, Q<Bfx TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:

COMES NOW Richard Hartsfield, Appellant pro se, and files this

Motion for an extension of sixty (60) days in which to file a

Petition for Discretionary Review (PDR).

FILED IN* In support rt>he-&er)-£j„p rodmW<5RliwNAL APPEALS shows the following: --,-> r.

bet o.l iulk I.

Appellant was convicted in the 241st District Court of Smi^3, C'erk County, Texas of the offense offoSSlis^tin ®f A CjjnJr/i Ihsj JuhS^i^i/-/ in Trial Cause No. 241-1150-13, THE STATE OF TEXAS v. RICHARD 1L EARL HARTSFIELD. Appellant appealed to the Court of Appeals, 1%

Supreme Judicial District of Texas (Court of Appeals No. 12-13-

00343-CR) . The Cast U>«j AWntntcf t>» ID4.rs.mh*.,- Z.2Q/4.

II.

The present deadline for filing the PDR is 1/2- //JT .

Appellant has NOT requested any extension prior to this request.

III.

Appellant's request for an extension is based upon the following

facts: (1) Appellant was NOT informed of the decision of the Court

of Appeals in affirming his direct appeal until Dec. 15th, 2014,

(2) Since Dec. 15th, 2014, Appellant has been attempting to gain legal representation for his PDR since, (3) Mr. Austin Reeve

Jackson (Appellant's appellate attorney) informed Appellant that

he will NOT represent Appellant on the PDR.

WHEREFORE, Appellant prays this Court grants this motion and

extend the deadline for filing the PDR in this appeal.

Respectfully submitted,

Richard Earl Hartsfierr #1906378 MICHAEL Unit 2664 F.M. 2054 Tennessee Colony, TX 75886 Pro Se

INMATE'S DECLARATION

I, Richard Hartsfield, TDCJ-CID #1906378, being presently

incarcerated on the MICHAEL Unit of the Texas Department of

Criminal Justice in Anderson County, Texas, verify and declare

under penalty of perjury that the foregoing statements are TRUE

and CORRECT. Executed on this the 3j 3 day of DtfJ,rnk)~bf > 20 jL{ .

^T^/JnA f^AJ Richard Earl Hartsfiel

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Richard Earl Hartsfield, TDCJ-CID #1906378, certify that a

TRUE and CORRECT copy of the foregoing FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION

OF TIME TO FILE A PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW has been sent

via U.S. Postal Service, first class, to the Attorney for Appellee

A/(X-t,h**\ ^.tJf.Sl •-••'• at A&b;A' Sjr?,'/fifaulty i/fcffi»<.£«>r+MM<. l(/.ollti&runplLJ*ci Tfho'J'Slity^ and to the State Prosecuting Attorney at P.O. Box 12405, Austin, TX 78711 on this the J? 3 day of

n^;*shv,r • 2o_i^_.

JK^JHnA4^All%AA^M' • Richard Earl Hartsfreld Pro Se