                                                                                                                                                     ACCEPTED
                                                                                                                                                 12-15-00230-CR
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                                                                                                                                                  TYLER, TEXAS
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                                                                                                                                                          CLERK
                                              CAUSE NO. 12-15-00230-CR
 STATE OF TEXAS                                                       §        IN THE
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 RUEBEN REED                                                          §        OF APPEALS                       12/30/2015 4:28:15 PM
                                                                                                                       PAM ESTES
                                                                                                                         Clerk
                    MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANTS BRIEF


TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:
          N o w c o m e s R U E B E N R E E D , A p p e l l a n t in t h e a b o v e styled a n d n u m b e r e d c a u s e ,
a n d m o v e s this C o u r t t o g r a n t a n e x t e n s i o n o f t i m e t o file appellant's brief, p u r s u a n t t o R u l e
38.6 of the T e x a s Rules of Appellate Procedure, and for good cause s h o w s the following:

          1.        T h i s c a s e is o n a p p e a l f r o m t h e T h i r d Judicial District C o u r t o f A n d e r s o n
County, Texas.
          2.        T h e case below w a s styled the S T A T E O F T E X A S vs. R U E B E N R E E D , and
numbered 31388.

          3.        Appellant w a s convicted o f Possession o f a Controlled Substance.
          4.        A p p e l l a n t w a s a s s e s s e d a s e n t e n c e o f 2 y e a r s in t h e S t a t e Jail Division o f t h e
T e x a s Department o f Criminal Justice on July 23, 2015
          5.        Notice o fappeal w a s given on August 2 1 , 2015.
          6.        T h e clerk's record w a s filed o n S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 1 5 ; t h e reporter's record
w a s filed o n N o v e m b e r 30, 2 0 1 5 .
          7.        T h e a p p e l l a t e b r i e f is p r e s e n t l y d u e o n D e c e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 1 5 .
          8.        A p p e l l a n t r e q u e s t s a n e x t e n s i o n o f t i m e o f 3 0 d a y s f r o m t h e p r e s e n t d a t e , i.e.
January 30, 2015.
          9.        N o prior e x t e n s i o n s t o file t h e brief h a v e b e e n filed in this c a u s e .
          10.       Defendant iscurrently incarcerated.
          11.       Appellant relies o n t h e following facts a s g o o d cause f o r the requested

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extension:
          A p p e l l a n t ' s a t t o r n e y h a s b e e n u n a b l e t o properly r e v i e w t h e record o r visit w i t h
Appellant. Appellant is incarcerated a t the B r a d s h a w Unit.                                   Appellant's attorney will
s c h e d u l e a t i m e t o visit w i t h A p p e l l a n t after t h e holiday w e e k e n d . A p p e l l a n t ' s a t t o r n e y w a s
not Appellant's trial attorney.

          WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, A p p e l l a n t p r a y s t h a t t h i s C o u r t g r a n t
this M o t i o n T o E x t e n d T i m e t o File Appellant's Brief, a n d for s u c h other a n d further relief
as the Court m a y d e e m appropriate.

                                                                 Respectfully submitted,

                                                                P H I L I P C. F L E T C H E R
                                                                Attorney at Law
                                                                8 0 0 North Mallard
                                                                Palestine, T e x a s 75801
                                                                Telephone: (903) 731-4440
                                                                Facaimila: (903) 731-4474



                                                                     •HITtfFC. FLETCHER
                                                                     State Bar No. 00787478
                                                                     Attorney for R U E B E N R E E D


                                               CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

          T h i s is t o certify that o n D e c e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 1 5 , a t r u e a n d correct c o p y of t h e a b o v e
a n d foregoing d o c u m e n t w a s s e r v e d o n the A n d e r s o n C o u n t y District A t t o r n e y ' s Office b y

electronic filing m a n a g e r .




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STATE OF TEXAS                                                 §
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COUNTY OF ANDERSON                                             §

                                                       AFFIDAVIT
        BEFORE ME, t h e u n d e r s i g n e d a u t h o r i t y , o n t h i s d a y p e r s o n a l l y a p p e a r e d P H I L I P
C. F L E T C H E R , w h o after being duly s w o r n stated:

        "I a m t h e a t t o r n e y f o r t h e a p p e l l a n t i n t h e a b o v e n u m b e r e d a n d entitled
        cause. I have read the foregoing Motion T o Extend T i m e to File Appellant's
        Brief a n d s w e a r that all of t h e allegations of fact contained therein a r e true
        a n d correct."




        SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME o n D e c e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 1 5 , t o c e r t i f y

which witness m y h a n d a n d seal o f office.




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