Williams, Vincent Lamon

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 16, 2016
• Docket: PD-1100-16
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD-1100-16 PD-1100-16 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 9/15/2016 3:54:32 PM Accepted 9/16/2016 11:55:53 AM No. ____________ ABEL ACOSTA CLERK

TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS NO. 14-15-00220-CR

VINCENT WILLIAMS APPELLANT From Cause No. 1420283, 230th District Court Harris County, Texas. V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS APPELLEE

Appellant’s Motion To Extend Time To File Petition For Discretionary Review

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

COMES NOW, VINCENT WILLIAMS, and files this his Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for Discretionary Review, and in support thereof, would respectfully show the Court the following:

I. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in an opinion dated August 16, 2016. The PDR is due on September 15, 2016. No motion for rehearing was filed. No motions for extension have been filed.

II.

Appellant requests this extension due to the fact that counsel has been engaged in work in the Harris County Public Defender’s Office on many cases, including the following:

 William Tutson, 14-16-00514-CR

 LT Lewis, 01-16-00485-CR

 Felix Irizarry, PD-0701-16

 Audelio Trevino, 14-16-00268-CR September 16, 2016  Reginald Smith, 13-16-00185-CR

 Tairon Monjaras-Guirola, 01-15-01092-CR

 Emanuel Hayes, 01-15-00982-CR

 Bartolo Perez, 01-14-00061-CR

 Counsel has been serving as the Educational Internship Coordinator and administrator of the Second Chair Program for the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association

 Counsel has been researching and writing for several trial cases assigned to the Public Defender’s Office Trial Division.

III. Appellant’s attorney requests this extension which is necessary so that the petition can be thoroughly written and timely filed. This motion is not made for the purpose of delay.

PRAYER

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Honorable Court grants this requested extension of time to file the appellant’s petition for discretionary review in the above cause and extend the time for filing for 30 days, to October 15, 2016.

Respectfully submitted,

ALEXANDER BUNIN Chief Public Defender Harris County, Texas

/s/Sarah V. Wood SARAH V. WOOD Assistant Public Defender Harris County, Texas Texas Bar Number 24048898 1201 Franklin, 13th Floor Houston Texas 77002 713.368.0016 (phone) 713.368.9278 (fax) Sarah.Wood@pdo.hctx.net

Attorney for Appellant CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE By my signature below, I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Appellant’s Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for Discretionary Review has been served on the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, by electronic delivery through the efile system.

/s/Sarah V. Wood Sarah V. Wood