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                                                                                           03-14-00637-CR
                                                                                                   5413234
                                                                                THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                           AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                                                     5/26/2015 11:12:55 AM
                                                                                         JEFFREY D. KYLE
                               No. 03-14-00637-CR                                                   CLERK


                                         IN THE
                                                                         FILED IN
                                                                  3rd COURT OF APPEALS
                              COURT OF APPEALS                         AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                                  5/26/2015 11:12:55 AM
                          THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS                     JEFFREY D. KYLE
                                                                           Clerk

                                 AUSTIN, TEXAS

CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS                        §                           APPELLANT

VS.                                        §

THE STATE OF TEXAS                         §                              APPELLEE

            APPEAL FROM THE 403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

                           TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS

                          CAUSE NO. D1-DC-12-302227

            STATE'S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

      The State of Texas respectfully moves for an extension of the deadline for filing

the State’s brief and, in accordance with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 38.6 and

10.5(b), advises the Court as follows:

      (a) Following his conviction for Murder, the appellant filed his notice of appeal

in the above cause on September 29, 2014. Appellant’s counsel filed a brief on April

23, 2015.


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      (b)      The State’s brief is currently due on May 26, 2015.

      (c)      This request is that the deadline for filing the State’s brief be extended by

30 days.

      (d)      The number of previous extensions of time granted for submission of the

State’s brief is: none.

      (e)      The State relies upon the following facts to reasonably explain the need

for an extension of the deadline:

      1. During the period since this brief was filed, the attorney assigned to this case

            has been working on other pressing appellate matters and has not had

            sufficient time to prepare an adequate response to this brief.

      2. In addition, the undersigned attorney, as the director of the Appellate

            Division of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, has been required,

            during the pendency of the instant appeal, to spend a considerable amount of

            time working on a variety of other legal matters and administrative issues.

      3. This request is not made for the purpose of delay, but to ensure that the

            Court has a proper State’s brief to aid in the just disposition of the above

            cause.




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      WHEREFORE, the State of Texas respectfully requests that the deadline for

filing the State’s brief be extended to June 25, 2015.

                                              Respectfully submitted,

                                              ROSEMARY LEHMBERG
                                              District Attorney
                                              Travis County, Texas

                                              /s/ M. Scott Taliaferro
                                              M. Scott Taliaferro
                                              Assistant District Attorney
                                              State Bar No. 00785584
                                              P.O. Box 1748
                                              Austin, Texas 78767
                                              (512) 854-9400
                                              Fax No. (512) 854-4811
                                              Scott.Taliaferro@traviscountytx.gov
                                              AppellateTCDA@traviscountytx.gov




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                      CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

      Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(i), I hereby certify, based

upon the computer program used to generate this motion, that this motion contains

274 words, excluding words contained in those parts of the motion that Rule 9.4(i)

exempts from inclusion in the word count. I certify, further, that this motion is

printed in a conventional, 14-point typeface.


                                                /s/ M. Scott Taliaferro
                                                M. Scott Taliaferro
                                                Assistant District Attorney




                          CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE


      I hereby certify that, on the 26th day of May, 2015, a true and correct copy of

this motion was served, by U.S. mail, electronic mail, facsimile, or electronically

through the electronic filing manager, to the Appellant’s attorney, Kristen Jernigan,

Attorney at Law, 207 S. Austin Avenue, Georgetown, Texas 78626,

[Kristen@txcrimapp.com].

                                                /s/ M. Scott Taliaferro
                                                M. Scott Taliaferro
                                                Assistant District Attorney




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