Pierce, Joseph Michael

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 29, 2015
• Docket: PD-0651-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-0651-15 NO.

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS RECEIVED IN OF THE STATE OF TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS MAY 2 9 2015 JOSEPH MICHAEL PIERCE, §

Uopeiiant) Abel Acosta, Clerk

VS CO.A. NO.: 12-14-00073-CR § •

J. ii ill OX A i& U JT liAI-iO; § ^Appellee) FILED IN MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PRO SJOURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW MAY 2 9 2015

Abel Acosta, Clerk TO

-NOW COMES, JOSEPH MICHAEL PIERCE, Appellant, proceeding

prose in the above styled and. numbered cause, respectfully

requests that this Court grant his Motion to Extend Time to File his Petition For Discretionary Review. In support thereof,

Appellant would show the following:

I.

Appellant's conviction.affirmed on April .30, 2015, by the 12th Court of Appeals in Cause No. 12-14-00073-CR. Appellant's

Petition For Discretionary Review is due Hay 30, 2015. This is

Appellant's first request for an extension of time to file his Petition For Discretionary Review. II.

Appellant is requesting an extension of time so that Appellant

may file a pro se Petition For Discretionary Review. An extension

of time is necessary so that Appellant, who is not an attorney,

may familiarize himself with the rules governing the filing of

a Petition For Discretionary Review, adequately research his

case, and draft his own PDR. This motion is not made for the

purpose of delay.

III.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant requests this Court

to grant an additional •:( 50-) sixty days, from the deadline date,

to file his PDR, allowing the filing deadline date to JULY 29, 2015.

Executed on this 3l3TcI day of fT\o^^ , 2015.

ji_e MJLSJLs

fOSEPH MICHAEL PIERCE IV.

OATH AND CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, JOSEPH i'lIC'IASL PIERCE, do declare under the penalty of perjury

pursuant to Tex.Civ.Prac.Rem. Code, §132.001 - §132.003, that

the facts stated herein are true and correct, and do certify

that a true and correct copy of my Motion to Extend Time for

Filing my PDR was served on Appellee, by U.S. Mail, postage pre

paid, addressed to: Mr.. Michael :;Jest (District Attorney), 100

U. Broadway, 4th Fl., Tyler, Texas, 75702.

Executed on this d%^rk day of (Y\cinJ fYNc*>j 2015

5EPH MICHAEL PIERCE

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