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ACCEPTED
06-14-00183-CR
SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
TEXARKANA, TEXAS
5/11/2015 12:00:00 AM
DEBBIE AUTREY
CLERK
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AT TEXARKANA
FILED IN
6th COURT OF APPEALS
DONALD RAY BROWN, TEXARKANA, TEXAS
Appellant 5/11/2015 8:13:00 AM
DEBBIE AUTREY
vs. Appellate Cause Clerk
No. 06-14-00183-CR
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
APPELLANT'S FIRST MOTION
FOR EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO FILE BRIEF
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:
COMES NOW the Appellant in the above styled and numbered cause and respectfully
moves the Court in accordance with Tex. R. App. Pro. Rule 38.6 (d), to extend the time for filing
Appellant's Brief in this cause, and in support therefore would respectfully show unto the Court
as follows:
I.
The certified Clerk's Record was timely filed on the 30th day of January, 2015, and the
certified Reporter's Record was timely filed on the 8th day of April, 2015.
II.
The current deadline for filing Appellant's Brief is the 11th day of May, 2015.
III.
The undersigned attorney has not had sufficient time to prepare Appellant's brief within
the currently prescribed time allotted and hereby requests an additional thirty (30) days in which
to prepare the brief. More specifically, undersigned attorney has been preparing for pretrial
hearings and trial in the following cases:
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1. United States vs Kevin Bolton, Cause No. 6:14CR60003-001, United States District
Court for the Western District of Arkansas, a potential federal death penalty case wherein
the undersigned is currently developing the defendant’s mitigation case to be presented to
the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas and to the
United States Department of Justice in an effort to avoid authorization to seek the death
penalty.
IV.
Appellant's attorney has not previously requested an extension of time to file the Brief in
this cause.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully requests this
Honorable Court extend the time for filing his brief in this cause until the 11th day of June, 2015.
Respectfully submitted,
CRAIG L. HENRY
Attorney at Law
723 Main Street
P.O. Box 3226
Texarkana, Texas 75504-3226
(903) 792-4645
FAX - (903) 792-5073
Lawyrntx@aol.com
By/s/ Craig L. Henry
Craig L. Henry
Arkansas Bar # 90142
Oklahoma Bar # 016779
Texas Bar # 09479260
Attorney for Appellant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion has been delivered
electronically and via courier to Mr. Jerry Rochelle, Bowie County District Attorney, 601 Main
Street, Texarkana, Texas 75501, this 9th day of August, 2015.
/s/ Craig L. Henry
Craig L. Henry
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