Jackson, Jason B.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 8, 2015
• Docket: PD-0557-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-0557-15

No,

* IN THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS •*.

COURT OF CRIMINAUPPFALS JASON JACKSON V. STATE OF TEXAS

MAY 08 2015 NO.: 14-14-00150-CR

FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS Abel Acosta, Clerk

FILED IN NO. 1333636 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 176th DISTRICT COURT HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS MAY 08 2015

Abel Acosta, Clerk MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE A PRO SE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

COMES NOW, Jason Jackson, TDCJ-ID #1940366, Appellant in the

above styled and numbered cause, and files this Motion For Extension

Of Time To File A Pro Se Petition For Discretionary Review, and request

that this Court will GRANT this motion and Appellant shows good grounds

as follows:

01. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals handed down its Opinion and

Judgement in Jason Jackson v. State of Texas, No. 14-14-00150-CR,

an appeal from the 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas,

on April 16, 2015.

02. Pursuant to the Rules of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,

- 1 - a Petition For Discretionary Review from said Judgement would

be due to be filed in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Due Pa+c or before m& «•, 2015.

03. Appellant, .Pro^Se, submits that ther are issues decided in that

case which are appropriatefor consideration by this Court in a Petition For Discretionary Review. Appellant has not and will

not be able to devote the time necessary to fully research and

present his argument by the aforesaid date:

a) Appellant is an inmate in the Texas Department of Crimi nal Justice, confined at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee

Colony, Texas. Appellant is now Pro Se.

b) Appellant learned of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals decision on or about April 23, 2015.

c) As of April 27, 2015, the Coffield Unit has gone on a biannual "lock-down" for a search of inmate^s property

for contraband. The Appellant's access to the Unit Law Library is restricted during this "lock-down". The

Appellant believes that the "lock-down" will last untilfe

about May 20, 2015, or so thereabout.

d) Due to the sensitive and complex issue(s),,and the circumstaces of the unit "lock-down", which is beyofcnd the

Appellant's control, the Appellant is seeking a sixty (60) day extention of time, extending from the time that the

petition would be due at this time.

- 2 - e) Appellant does wish to continue his appeal Pro Se.

f) Appellant, through no fault of his own, has not had sufficent time to prepare his Pro Se petition for review.

04. This extension is sought solely that Appellant may properly

research and present his argument to this Court, and not for

the purpose of delaying the determination of the case.

WHEREFORE, Appellant prays the Court GRANT him an extension of

time, until June 29, 2015, in which to file his Petition For Discretion

ary Review in this case.

Respectfully submitted,

>n #1940366 Appellant - Pro Se Coffield Unit 2661 FM 2054 Tenn. Col., TX 75884

INMATE DECLARATION

I, Jason Jackson #1940366, being incarcerated in the Coffield Unit of TDCJ-ID in Anderson County, Texas, do declare under the penalty of purjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of ray knowledge.

Executed this 01st day of May, 2015.

Jason Jackson Appellant - Pro Se

- 3 PD-0557-15 No,

* IN THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS * RECBMPH !M F!LEDIN ^0FCRilKPas COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS JASON JACKSON V. STATE OF TEXAS m Q MAY 08 2015 MOTION TO FILE A SINGLE COPY ^bei ^COSfa, Clerk Abel Acosta, Clerk NOW COMES, Jason Jackson #1940366, Appellant in the above styled

cause, and files this Motion To File A Single Copy and shows this

Court good cause>:to GRANT this motion as follows:

1. The Appellant is currently incarcerated in the Coffield Unit

of TDCJ-ID and is not able to provide copies because Appellant

does not have access to a copy machine.; and

2. The Appellant is Pro Se, without an attorney to provide any

copies to this Court. S WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Court will GRANT this Motion To File A Single Copy and have the Clerk of

the Court to make copies to go to the required parties.

Respectfully submitted, .^^

son, Pro Se

I, Jason Jackson #1940366, being incarcerated in the Coffield Unit of

TDCJ-ID in Anderson County, Texas, do declare under penalty of purjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Execued this 01st day of May, 2015.

JaSksiia'' #1940366 appellant:- Pro Se Coffield Unit 2661 FM 2054 Tenn. Col., TX 75884