McCoy, Gary Jay

Opinion

PD-0595-15

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS PD-0595-15 AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 5/15/2015 6:13:58 PM Accepted 5/19/2015 3:11:27 PM ABEL ACOSTA

NO.

CLERK

IN THE

TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS SITTING IN

AUSTIN, TEXAS

GARY JAY MCCOY

PETITIONER,

V.

STATE OF TEXAS

RESPONDENT

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW NO. 11-13-00099-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT EASTLAND

On appeal from Cause Number B-40,007 in the 161ST Judicial District of Ector County, Texas

The Honorable John Smith, Presiding Judge

M. Michele Greene State Bar No.00789966 2833 Wildwood Ave. Odessa, Texas 79761 Tel: (432) 238-1255 Email: mmg@michelegreenelaw.com May 19, 2015

Attorney for Petitioner

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

NOW COMES Gary Jay McCoy, Petitioner in the above entitled and numbered cause, (hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner”), files this his Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for Discretionary Review pursuant to Rules 10.5(b) and 68.2(c) of the TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, and would respectfully show the Court as follows:

I.

This appeal arises out of a trial that resulted in a Judgment of Conviction by Jury dated February 14, 2013, (the “Judgment”). Petitioner appealed the Judgment to the Eleventh Court of Appeals. On April 16, 2015, the appellate court issued an opinion affirming the Judgment.

II.

Petitioner’s Petition for Discretionary Review is due to be filed on May 16, 2015.

III.

After receiving the appellate court’s opinion in this cause, Petitioner’s court-

appointed counsel, M. Michele Greene, (“Greene”), sent Petitioner a written letter regarding the appellate court’s decision in this case and requested permission to file a Petition for Discretionary Review on Petitioner’s behalf. Unbeknownst to Greene,

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at the time she sent this letter, Petitioner was in the process of being transferred to a different prison facility in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system. As a result of the unexpected transfer, Greene’s correspondence to Petitioner took more time to than usual to reach Petitioner. Thus, Greene did not receive any response from Petitioner until yesterday, May 14, 2015, regarding filing a Petition for Discretionary Review. In his letter of May 14, 2015, Petitioner directed Greene to request an extension from this Court to file the Petition for Discretionary Review as Petitioner wanted the opportunity to assist in the preparation of said petition.

IV.

Because of his unexpected transfer, Petitioner was unaware of the appellate court’s opinion in this appeal and was therefore unable to timely assist Greene in the drafting of a Petition for Discretionary Review. Furthermore, Petitioner was unable to authorize Greene to file said petition on his behalf. Consequently, Petitioner was unable to timely file his Petition for Discretionary Review, and this request is not made for purposes of delay but so that justice may be served. Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests the Court to grant a first extension of the deadline for filing his Petition for Discretionary Review for an additional 30 days, i.e. until June 15, 2015.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner Gary Jay McCoy prays that the Court extend the time for filing his Petition for Discretionary Review until June 15, 2015.

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Respectfully submitted,

M. MICHELE GREENE

Attorney at Law

2833 Wildwood Ave.

Odessa, Texas 79761

Tel: (432) 238-1255

Email: mmg@michelegreenelaw.com

By: /s/ M. Michele Greene M. Michele Greene

State Bar No. 00789966

Attorney for Petitioner Gary Jay McCoy

Certificate of Compliance

In accordance with Rules 9.4(e) and (i) of the TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, the undersigned attorney of record certifies that this Motion to Extend Time to File Petition For Discretionary Review contains 14-point typeface for the body of the motion, contains 405 words, excluding those words identified as not being counted in Rule 9.4(i)(1), and was prepared on Word Perfect Version 9.

/s/ M. Michele Greene

M. Michele Greene

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Certificate of Service

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for Discretionary Review was served electronically on May 15, 2015:

Michael Bloch Ector County District Attorney’s Office Ector County Courthouse 300 N. Grant Ave. Rm. 305 Odessa, Texas 79761 MICHAEL.BLOCH@ectorcountytx.gov

Attorney for Respondent

/s/ M. Michele Greene

M. Michele Greene