IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

ANTHONY ROBERT SAFIAN § Petitioner, § VS. § NO. PD-0324-16 §
THE STATE OF TEXAS § Respondent. §

PETITIONER’S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING OF BRIEF ON

PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

This motion is brought by ANTHONY ROBERT SAFIAN, Petitioner, who pursuant to rules 38.6 and 68.2( c) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure requests that this Court grant an extension of time for filing of Petitioner’s Brief on Petition for Discretionary Review and in support would show the following:

I.

Petitioner’s brief is due on September 23, 2016. The time for extension requested is thirty (30) days.

II.

Because of an unusually heavy caseload consisting of both jury trials as well as other appellate obligations, counsel for Appellant has been unable to complete said brief; as a result of trial preparation and actual trial, counsel for Appellant has been unable to devote a sufficient amount of time to the preparation of said brief.

As a result of the aforementioned activities counsel for Appellant, reasonably believes that the brief will be filed with this Court within thirty (30) days of the September 23, 2016, date.

III.

No previous “Motion to Extend Time for Filing Petitioner’s Brief on Petitioner for Discretionary Review” has been granted.

Motion to Extend Time for Filing of Petitioner’s Brief on Petition for Discretionary Review Page 1 of 3 PD-0323&0324&0325-16 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 9/23/2016 5:33:34 PM Accepted 9/26/2016 9:10:13 AM

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