Petetan, US Carnell Jr. A/K/A Carnell Petetan, Jr.

Opinion

AP-77,038 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 3/25/2015 3:50:37 PM March 25, 2015 Accepted 3/25/2015 3:58:28 PM ABEL ACOSTA No. AP-77,038 CLERK

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AT AUSTIN, TEXAS

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US CARNELL PETETAN, JR., a/k/a, CARNELL PETETAN, JR., Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF

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TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

Comes now, US Carnell Petetan, Jr., Appellant in the above styled and

numbered cause and would show this honorable Court the following:

I.

Petetan was convicted in the above cause for the offense of capital murder

and punishment was at death. Notice of appeal was timely filed and the appeal

docketed in this Court. II.

A clerk’s record was filed on September 4, 2014. A reporter’s record was

filed on March 3, 2015. Petetan’s brief is due on April 2, 2015.

III.

Appellant seeks a 90 day extension of the current deadline in which to file

Appellant’s brief, up to and including, July 1, 2015.

IV.

This request is based on the following facts which prevent counsel for

Appellant from preparing the brief by the current deadline:

The record in this cause is voluminous. It is comprised of 67 volumes and

various electronic exhibits. The record is 9,890 pages in length. Counsel has not

had an opportunity to review the record and prepare Appellant’s brief by April 2,

2015. Filing of the brief cannot be accomplished by the current deadline while still

effectively representing Appellant on direct appeal to this Court.

V.

This is the first request for an extension to file Appellant’s brief.

PRAYER

Appellant requests this Court grant the motion and extend the time to file

Appellant’s brief by 90 days, up to and including, July 1, 2015.

2 Respectfully submitted,

/s/Richard E. Wetzel Richard E. Wetzel State Bar No. 21236300

1411 West Ave., Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78701

(512) 469-7943 (512) 474-5594 wetzel_law@1411west.com

Attorney for Appellant US Carnell Petetan, Jr.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify a true and correct copy of this pleading was mailed to Counsel for the State of Texas, Abel Reyna, Criminal District Attorney, 219 N. 6th St., Ste. 200, Waco, TX, 76701 on this the 25th day of March, 2015.

/s/Richard E. Wetzel Richard E. Wetzel State Bar No. 21236300