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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 

SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

AT TEXARKANA 

DONALD RAY BROWN, 

 Appellant 

vs. Appellate Cause No. 06-14-00183-CR 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, 

 Appellee 

APPELLANT'S SECOND MOTION 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO FILE BRIEF 

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS: 

 COMES NOW the Appellant in the above styled and numbered cause and respectfully 

moves the Court in accordance with Tex. R. App. Pro. Rule 38.6 (d), to extend the time for filing 

Appellant's Brief in this cause, and in support therefore would respectfully show unto the Court 

as follows: 

I. 

 The certified Clerk's Record was timely filed on the 30th day of January, 2015, and the 

certified Reporter's Record was timely filed on the 8th day of April, 2015. 

II. 

 The current deadline for filing Appellant's Brief is the 10th day of June, 2015. 

III. 

The undersigned attorney has not had sufficient time to prepare Appellant's brief within 

the currently prescribed time allotted and hereby requests an additional thirty (30) days in which 

to prepare the brief. More specifically, undersigned attorney has been preparing for pretrial 

hearings and trial in the following cases: 

ACCEPTED

06-14-00183-CR

SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS

TEXARKANA, TEXAS

6/10/2015 9:06:40 AM

DEBBIE AUTREY

CLERK

 FILED IN 6th COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 6/10/2015 9:06:40 AM DEBBIE AUTREY Clerk
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1. United States vs Kevin Bolton, Cause No. 6:14CR60003-001, United States District 

Court for the Western District of Arkansas, a potential federal death penalty case wherein 

the undersigned is currently developing the defendant’s mitigation case to be presented to 

the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas and to the 

United States Department of Justice in an effort to avoid authorization to seek the death 

penalty. 

2. United States vs. Meekesa Mitchell, Cause No. 5:15CR01, United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Texas, which was previously set for trial on June 2, 2015 but is 

currently set for trial on July 7, 2015. 

3. United States v. Jeffery Bain, Cause No. 4:14cr40022, United States District Court for 

the Western District of Arkansas which was originally set for trial on May 19, 2015 but is 

currently set for trial on August 17, 2015. 

4. United States v. Sandra Lockett, Cause No. 5:15CR9, United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Texas which is currently set for trial on July 27, 2015. 

IV. 

Appellant's attorney has previously requested one extension of time to file the Brief in 

this cause. 

 WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully requests this 

Honorable Court extend the time for filing his brief in this cause until the 10th day of July, 2015. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

CRAIG L. HENRY 

Attorney at Law 

 723 Main Street 

 P.O. Box 3226 

 Texarkana, Texas 75504-3226 

 (903) 792-4645 
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 FAX - (903) 792-5073 

Lawyrntx@aol.com

By/s/ Craig L. Henry 

 Craig L. Henry 

 Arkansas Bar # 90142 

 Oklahoma Bar # 016779 

 Texas Bar # 09479260 

 Attorney for Appellant 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion has been delivered 

electronically and via courier to Mr. Jerry Rochelle, Bowie County District Attorney, 601 Main 

Street, Texarkana, Texas 75501, this 10th day of June, 2015. 

 /s/ Craig L. Henry 

 Craig L. Henry