IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS SHAUN DEVELLE BRIGGS § § VS. § Case Number No. 01-15-00269-CR § THE STATE OF TEXAS §

First Motion to Extend Time to File Brief Now comes Shaun Develle Briggs, appellant in the above-styled and numbered cause, by and through assistant public defender, Jani J. Maselli Wood, and respectfully moves the Court for an extension of time within which to file the appellate brief, and for cause would show the Court as follows:
I. On February 18, 2015, Mr. Briggs was convicted of the offense of aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division. He was convicted in cause number1430016 in the 263rd District Court of Harris County, Texas, styled The State of Texas v. Shaun Develle Briggs

. II. The brief is currently due May 14, 2015. No extensions have been requested.
III. Undersigned counsel is requesting 30 days from that due date until June 14,
2015. ACCEPTED 01-15-00269-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 5/18/2015 3:34:46 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERKIV.

Coun se l has be en wo rking on a mu rder app eal i n St at e v. Jo e Lee Bowd

en. Th e

rec ord is leng thy ; On April 3 0, 20 15 , c oun se l filed a PD R in State v. J

osh ua London ; On Marc h 25 , 20 15 , the Court of Criminal Appe als grant ed the State’ s PD R
i n O s m i n Peraz a v. State , N O S
. PD -0 10 0 & PD -0 10 1- 15

. Th e CCA orde red ex pe dited
brief ing (15 day s pe r side with no ex ten sion s of time pe rmitted)

. Un de r signe d

co uns el filed the brief on April 23 , 20 15

. Th e CCA t he n se t argum en t fo r May 20 , 20 15 . T his is also requiring a dditiona l time to p rep are fo r argum en t. Additiona ll y, i n J anuary 20 15 , co uns el ma de plans to atte nd a we dding and gradua tion in Mas sac hus etts fro m May 14 -1 7, 20 15 . T he tick ets are no nre fun dab le.
V.
Th is request i s ma de not to delay the proc ee dings , but to en sure that Mr. Briggs
is ad equa tely

rep res en ted

. WHE REFORE , PREM ISES CONSID ERED , Mr. Briggs res pe ctf ully pray s that this unde rsigne d co uns el be des ignate d as the attorn ey of rec ord in this cause and tha t the Court p erm it an e xte ns ion o f tim e un til June 1 4, 20 15

.Res pe ctf ully sub mitte d,
ALE XAN DE R BU NI N Chief Pub lic D ef

en der Ha rris Coun ty T ex as /s/ J ani Ma sell i Wood

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ JANI J. M

ASEL LI WOOD Ass istan t Pub lic D ef

en der State Ba r N um be r 00 79 11 95 Ha rris Coun ty T ex as 12 01 Fra nk

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or App ellant, Shaun D ev elle B riggs

CERT IFI CATE OF SE RV ICE
Purs uant t o Tex

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. App. Pro c. 9. 5, this ce rtifies that on May 18 , 20 15 , a

co py of the fo rego ing wa s em ailed to co uns el fo r the st at e ( throu gh tex file. co m) at the fo llowing addre ss : Alan Curry Ass istan t D istrict Atto rne y 12 01 Fra nk

lin Street, 6th Floo r Ho usto n, TX

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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ JANI J. M

ASEL LI WOOD