Ken Scripa v. State

Opinion

ACCEPTED

01-14-00477-CR

FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 1/2/2015 5:44:57 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK

No. 01-14-00477-CR

In the FILED IN Court of Appeals 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS

For the

1/2/2015 5:44:57 PM

First District of Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE At Houston Clerk

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No. 1365724

In the 174th District Court Of Harris County, Texas 

KEN SCRIPA

Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

Appellee

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STATE’S SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

THE STATE OF TEXAS, pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1, 10.5(b) &

38.6(d), moves for an extension of time within which to file its appellate

brief. In support of its motion, the State submits the following:

1. Appellant was charged with the felony offense of sexual assault.

He was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

2. The State’s brief was due, after one extension, on December 22,

2014. The State’s seeks a second extension of 30 days, until

January 21, 2015, to file its brief.

3. The undersigned attorney has just filed two PDR’s in the Court of

Criminal Appeals, Jessica Tata v. State and Gary Wayne Wilson v. State.

Additionally, the undersigned attorney has been working on

legislative analysis for two upcoming bills and is scheduled to

speak and attend TDCAA’s Prosecutor Trial Skills Course the

week of January 4-9, 2015. The undersigned attorney has three

briefs due in the next two weeks.

4. The State’s motion is not for purposes of delay, but so that justice

may be done.

WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant the requested

extension until January 21, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/Jessica Akins

JESSICA AKINS Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 State Bar Number: 24029415

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5, this certifies that on January 2, 2015, a

copy of the foregoing was served upon appellant’s counsel at the following

address:

Gerald Fry Attorney at Law jerryfry@hal-pc.org

/s/Jessica Akins JESSICA AKINS Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas akins_jessica@dao.hctx.net