Morelos, Gilbert Reyes

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 15, 2015
• Docket: PD-0588-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-0588-15 PD-0588-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 5/15/2015 11:23:48 AM Accepted 5/15/2015 2:04:49 PM NO. 11-15-00076-CR ABEL ACOSTA CLERK GILBERT MORELOS § IN THE COURT OF § VS. § CRIMINAL APPEALS § STATE OF TEXAS § OF TEXAS

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT:

Now comes Gilbert Morelos, Appellant in the above styled and numbered cause, and

moves for an extension of time of 20 days to file a petition for discretionary review, and for good

cause shows the following:

1. On April 23, 2015, the Court of Appeals dismissed appellant's Appeal. Gilbert

Morelos v. State of Texas. This petition is therefore due on Friday, May 22, 2015.

2. Counsel has been unable to complete the petition for the following reasons:

Counsel is seeking to obtain the Court Reporter’s Record in this matter. (See attached signed

Order.)

3. Defendant is currently incarcerated.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, appellant respectfully requests an extension

of 20 days, i.e. until June 5, 2015, to file a petition for discretionary review.

Respectfully submitted,

EARL GRIFFIN, JR. Attorney-at-Law P.O. Box 730 Childress, Texas 79201 (940)-937-6474 (940)-937-6020 Fax

May 15, 2015 By: /s/ Earl Griffin, Jr. Earl Griffin, Jr. State Bar No. 08471000 egriffinattorney@yahoo.com Attorney for Gilbert Morelos CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that on May 15, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above and

foregoing document was served on the District Attorney's Office, Knox County, David Hajek, PO

Drawer 508, Seymour, Texas 76380, by facsimile at (940) 888-3036.

/s/ Earl Griffin, Jr. Earl Griffin, Jr.