Smith, James William

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 15, 2015
• Docket: PD-0405-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-0405-15 PD-0405-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 4/10/2015 11:40:08 AM April 15, 2015 Accepted 4/15/2015 3:39:16 PM ABEL ACOSTA CLERK IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

JAMES SMITH § § Petitioner § § VS § § THE STATE OF TEXAS § § Appellee §

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS NO. 11-12-00095-CR

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT:

Now comes James Smith, appellant in the above styled and numbered cause, and moves

for an extension of time of 45 days to file a Petition for Discretionary Review, and for good

cause shows the following:

1. The deadline for filing a Petition for Discretionary Review is April 10, 2015.

2. The length of the extension sought is 45 days.

3. No previous extensions have been requested.

4. Counsel for petitioner has been preparing a brief for Jonathan Sanchez vs. State of

Texas; Court of Appeal No. 11-14-00290-CR. Further, counsel for petitioner has been involved in the preparation of a jury trial, Cause No. 7505, entitled State of Texas v. Jeremy Wade Grimes

which is set to begin on April 14, 2015. Counsel for petitioner was involved in the preparation

and jury trial, State of Texas vs. Narada Norman; Cause No. 11149-D in the 350th Judicial

District of Taylor County which began on March 16, 2015.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, petitioner respectfully requests an

extension of 45 days, i.e. until May 25, 2015, to file a Petition for Discretionary Review.

Respectfully submitted,

Parker & Blizzard, P.L.L.C. 702-C Hickory Abilene, TX 79601 Tel: (325) 480-2903 Fax: (866) 651-2320

By:/s/ Jacob Blizzard Jacob Blizzard State Bar No. 24068558 Attorney for James Smith

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that on April 10, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above and

foregoing document was served on the Taylor County District Attorney's Office, Taylor County,

Texas, by facsimile transmission to 325-674-1306.

/s/ Jacob Blizzard Jacob Blizzard IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

JAMES SMITH § § Petitioner § § VS § § THE STATE OF TEXAS § § Appellee §

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS NO. 11-12-00095-CR

ORDER FOR A SETTING

On , 2015, the Defendant filed a Motion to Extend Time to File

Brief in Support of Petition for Discretionary Review. The Court finds that the party is entitled

to a hearing on this matter, and it is THEREFORE ORDERED that a hearing on this motion is

set for , at .

Signed on .

JUDGE PRESIDING IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

JAMES SMITH § § Petitioner § § VS § § THE STATE OF TEXAS § § Appellee §

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS NO. 11-12-00095-CR

ORDER

On , 2015, came on to be considered James Smith's Motion to

Extend Time to File Brief in Support of Petition for Discretionary Review, and said motion is

hereby

(Granted) (Denied)

JUDGE PRESIDING