Sosa, Jose Luis

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 22, 2015
• Docket: PD-1233-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-1233-15 PD-1233-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 9/18/2015 11:20:24 AM Accepted 9/22/2015 12:06:58 PM No. ___________ ABEL ACOSTA CLERK ______________________________________________________

IN THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS ______________________________________________________

JOSE SOSA, Petitioner

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Respondent ______________________________________________________

Petition for Discretionary Review sought from THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT AUSTIN, TEXAS No. 3-13-00764-CR

On Appeal from the District Court 403rd Judicial District of Travis County, Texas Cause No. D1DC-11-205390

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MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW ______________________________________________________

TO THE HONORABLE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

COMES NOW JOSE SOSA, Appellant in the above-styled and numbered cause, and

moves for an extension of time pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 68.2(c) to file his

Petition for Discretionary Review and would show the Court as follows:

September 22, 2015 I.

The decision of the trial court at the pretrial hearing, and the judgment of guilty at jury

trial, was affirmed by the Third Court of Appeals, sitting in Austin. T.R.A.P. 10.5(b)(3)(A).

The date of the court of appeals’ judgment was August 18, 2015. T.R.A.P. 10.5(b)(3)(B).

The case number and style was Sosa v. State, No. 3-13-00764-CR. T.R.A.P. 10.5(b)(3)(C). A

sentence of community supervision was rendered in this case

II.

Petition for Discretionary Review is due September 18, 2015. T.R.A.P. 10.5(b)(1)(A), 68.2(a).

III.

This extension of time is necessary due to counsel being scheduled for trial in State of

Texas v. LaJustice Moore, Cause No.14--05270-CRF-272, on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, in

the 272nd District Court in Brazos County, Texas. In addition, counsel has recently moved to

the Dallas area and his previous areas of practice were Travis and Brazos County. Counsel has

been travelling and been out of the office to work on those cases the past month. Due to this

trial setting and time spent travelling, counsel needs more time to prepare the petition.

IV.

This is the first request for extension of time to file petition for discretionary review.

T.R.A.P. 10.5(b)(1)(D).

V.

Petitioner respectfully requests an extension of thirty (30) days to file his petition, and

that the petition be due on October 19, 2015. T.R.A.P. 10.5(b)(1)(B). In the alternative,

Petitioner respectfully requests an extension of such other length of time as this Court believes

reasonable and necessary. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Petitioner respectfully prays that an

extension of time to file brief be granted for thirty days, or such other period of time as this

Court considers appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ David W. Crawford David W. Crawford State Bar No. 24031601 Crawford and Cruz PLLC P.O. Box 686 Austin, Texas 78759 Telephone (512) 795-2000 Telefacsimile (512) 237-7792 Email: dcrawford@crawfordcruz.com Attorney for Appellant

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that pursuant to TRAP 9.5 and 68.11 a true and correct copy of the above has been forwarded by U.S. mail to counsel for appellee District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, PO Box 1748, Austin TX 78767,

and to:

State’s Prosecuting Attorney PO Box 12405 Austin TX 78711

on this the 18th day of September, 2015.

/s/ David W. Crawford