Hilton, Luke Wayne

Opinion

PD-0899-15

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

no. RECEI COURT OF CBMimi APPEALS

LUKE WAYNE HILTON ^ JUL 1$2015 Appdknt' onj^mmoB V. 228rH District Court of Harris County, Texas;

Trial Cause Number 1408458 THE STATE OF TEXAS

PETITIONER'S MOTION TO EXTEND TIMETO^^f^ PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW ™«. wheals JUL 2 1 2015

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: Abel Acosta, Cierk LUKE HILTON, Petitioner in the above cause number, would respectfully request the Court to grant his motion to extend the time to file his petition for discretionary review. In support of said motion, Appellant would show unto, the Court the following:

I.

This appeal lies from Appellant's convictions in The State ofTexas v. Luke Wayne Hilton, No. 14-14-00777-CR; Cause Number 1408458 in the 228th District Criminal Court of Harris County, Texas. Mr. Hilton was charged with the third degree felony

offense of burglary of a habitation enhanced with two prior felony convictions. Mr. Hilton entered a plea of not guilty on September 16, 2014, and proceeded to trial by

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jury. On September 18, 2014, the jury found Mr. Hilton guilty as charged and sentenced Mr. Hilton to twenty-seven (27) years imprisonment in the Institutional Division of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Appellant's Petition for Discretionary Review is due July 23, 2015. This is Appellant's first request for an extension to file the petition for discretionary review.

II.

Appellant is requesting an extension of time in order to fully evaluate the issues to be raised in the PDR. An extension of time is necessary so that the petition for discretionary review can be timely filed. This motion is not made for the purpose of delay.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Honorable Court will grant this requested extension of time to file the Appellant's Petition for Discretionary Review in the above cause for ninety days and extend the time for filing the petition until Jtdy-24, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

MrTLuke

TDCJ No. 01956S

Barry B. Telford Unit

3899 HWY 98

New Boston, Texas 75570

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing instrument was this day served on counsel for the State by mailing same to the following parties on this the iL day of TfiAsly ,201.6:

Mr. Allen Curry Harris County District Attorney's Office Appellate Division 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002

State Prosecuting Attorney P.O. Box 12405 Austin, Texas 78711

Luke Hilton, PRO S