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NO. 03-14-00585-CR

LEOVARDO CANTOS § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 

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v. § THIRD DISTRICT

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STATE OF TEXAS § AUSTIN, TEXAS

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF

NOW COMES THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee, by and through her 

Assistant District Attorney, John C. Prezas, and moves the Court, pursuant to Texas 

Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d), to extend the deadline for filing the State’s brief. 

 In support of its motion, the State would show the Court the following: 

1. The State’s Brief in this case is due on October 9, 2015. 

2. The State has requested, and this Court has granted, one previous extensions of 

time.

3. Appellant’s brief was filed in this Court on July 9, 2015. 

4. Since the granting of the previous extension, the State has continued to review the 

record and research the issues Appellant has raised. The State requires additional 

time to properly and sufficiently prepare its brief. At this time the State does not 

anticipate requesting further extensions in this matter.

5. Mr. Prezas is set for oral argument before this Court on October 22, 2015 in 03-14-

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THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

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10/8/2015 11:41:58 AM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/8/2015 11:41:58 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk
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00622-CR Greg Kelley vs. The State of Texas. 

6. Mr. Prezas is set for a live hearing before a visiting judge on an application for 

habeas corpus on October 30, 2015, in 92-435-K277A State vs. Troy Dale 

Mansfield. Based on the representations of opposing counsel in that case, Mr. 

Prezas expects between five and eight witnesses to testify.

7. Mr. Prezas recently filed briefs in this Court in State vs. Jim Jack Thompson 03-14-

00371-CR on September 15, 2015, and in State vs. James Allen Weatherford 03-14-

00527-CR on August 31, 2015.

8. Mr. Prezas recently filed proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in Ex 

Parte Paul E. Gonzalez 04-103-K26A, an application for habeas corpus relief, on 

September 18, 2015.

9. Mr. Prezas filed an Answer and Motion to Dismiss for Want of Jurisdiction another 

application for habeas corpus relief, Ex Parte Joshua Tatroe 10-077-J395 on 

September 18, 2015.

10. Mr. Prezas filed Proposed Supplemental Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law 

with the trial court in response to an Order by the Court of Criminal Appeals on 

September 30, 2015 in Ex Parte Cory Dale Morgan 12-1212-K368A, WR-81,867-

01. 

11. After investigation and discussions with a local attorney, in response to an Order 
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by the Court of Criminal Appeals, Mr. Prezas recently filed a motion and proposed 

Order to the trial court to compel said attorney to file an affidavit regarding his 

representation of the applicant for habeas corpus relief in Ex Parte Wendi Ann 

Tillman 06-1062-K368A on September 30, 2015.

12. For the foregoing reasons, The State respectfully requests that the deadline for 

filing its brief in the above stated cause be extended for an additional thirty one (31)

days from the current due date of October 9, 2015, to November 9, 2015.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State of Texas respectfully 

requests that this Court grant its motion for an extension of time and extend the State’s 

deadline to file its brief to November 9, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

Jana Duty

District Attorney

Williamson County, Texas

/s/ John C. Prezas

John C. Prezas

Assistant District Attorney

State Bar Number 24041722

405 Martin Luther King #1

Georgetown, Texas 78626

(512) 943-1248

(512) 943-1255 (fax)

jprezas@wilco.org
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Certificate of Service

This is to certify that on October 8, 2015, a copy of the foregoing motion has 

been sent to Appellant’s attorney of record, Linda Icenhauer-Ramirez, 1103 Nueces, 

Austin, TX 78701, by eservice at ljir@aol.com.

/s/ John C. Prezas 

John C. Prezas