Jesus Lorenzo Villasenor v. State

Opinion

ACCEPTED 14-15-00255-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/10/2015 3:25:59 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK

No. 14-15-00255-CR

In the FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS For the 9/10/2015 3:25:59 PM FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk at Houston, Texas

On Appeal from the 174th Judicial District Court of Guadalupe County, Texas in Cause Number 1425902

JESUS LORENZO VILLASENOR, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee __________________________

APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS:

COMES NOW, Jesus Lorenzo Villasenor, Appellant herein, by and through his

attorney of record, Patrick F. McCann, and files this, his Final Motion for Extension

of Time. In support of said motion, Appellant would respectfully show the Court the

following:

1) Appellant’s brief is due on September 9, 2015, however, exceptional circumstances exist that warrant the grant of a final extension in time in which to file

Appellant’s brief to protect Appellant’s state and federal rights.

2) This request is for 45 days only.

3) The undersigned counsel, a solo practioner, lost his office assistant of

several year two weeks ago.

4) The undersigned has been preparing a death brief in Rivers v. State to

Trial in State v. Sciacca in the 179th District Court, is filing a brief on a non-death

capital Monday in Sam v. State, is preparing a brief in Tan v. State, and is preparing

for a trial later this month on a capital case in the Court of Criminal Appeals, a death

brief to the Fifth Circuit in Norris v. Stephens, filed a Motion for New State of Texas

v. Lopez, though it is possible that case may be re-set or pled.

4) This case, though older, was sent back to the trial court for reassignment,

and the record is voluminous. The Court of Appeals in its order specifically disagreed

with the appellate attorney, who was also the trial attorney, and who was removed as

counsel of record by order of the Court, as to the presence of any arguable points of error,

and thus the undersigned wishes to carefully review this extensive record for arguable

points of error.

For the reasons set forth above, Appellant respectfully requests that he be

granted an extension of forty-five (45) days from this date so that his brief in this case

[2] will now be due on October 23, 2015, and the Court will accept the filed brief.

PRAYER

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully requests that

this Court grant his Motion for Extension of Time, and that the Court further grant

any additional relief to which he may be justly entitled.

DATED this 8th day of September, 2015.

Respectfully submitted, The Law Offices of Patrick McCann

By: /s/ Patrick F. McCann Patrick F. McCann SBN: 00792680 909 Texas Avenue, Suite 205 Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 223-3805 eFax: (281) 667-3352

[3] CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that on September 8, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document was duly served by either prepaid U. S. Mail or by Hand-Delivery upon the following:

Mr. Alan Curry Chief Prosecutor, Appellate Division Harris County District Attorney’s Office 1201 Franklin Street, Ste. 600 Houston, TX 77002-1923 Via e-Filing Pro-Doc Courtesy Copy Service: Curry_Alan@dao.hctx.net

/s/ Patrick F. McCann Patrick F. McCann

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