# INTHE ^^OFmmuFPB^ COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 

## of texas JUL3 02015
Joseph Michael Pierce, Appellant/Petitioner;

vs. The State of Texas, Appellee/Respondent. 

### JUL 3 0 2S:3 TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF"CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS: 

### COMES NOW, JosephMichael Pierce, by and throughhimself, pro se, dkbaihecosta, Clerk above-numbered cause and respectfully moves::this Honorable Court to grant, leave to file an original copy only of the Petition for Discretionary Review 

### andto suspend anyother procedural defect :;and::insupportcthereof would show the Court the following: 

### 1. The style and appeal..number in the Tyler Court ofAppeals is: Joseph Michael Pierce v. The State of Texas, No. 12-14-00073-CR. 2. The Appellant moves that, pursuant:to Rule 2, Texas Rules ofAppellate 

### Procedure, this Court suspend Rule 9.3(£>•), Texas Rules ofAppellant Procedure, that requires the filing of eleven (11) copies of the Petition for Discretion ary Review with the Court. 

### 3. The Appellant moves that, pursuant to Rule 2, Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure, this Court suspend anydefect:'found inutheipldadingsr.or filings.lof the Petition for Discretionary Review that would violate anyrule of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure; 4. The facts relief upon to show good cause for this request are, as 

### follows: Appellant is indigent and incarcerated and does not have access to a photo copier. Appellant ispresentlynot represented bycounsel and is filing a Petition for Discretionary Review pro se. 

### WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully requests that this Honorable Court GRANT leave to file an original copy only of the Petition for No. Appellant's Motion Requesting Leave to File an Original Copy Only of the Petition for 

## DiscretionaryReviewandto FILEDIN SuspendOther ProcedurattCMEegfsCRIMINALAPPEALS

Appellant's Rule 2 Motion for Copies and Procedural Defects-.- Page 1Discretionary Review with the Court and to suspend anyprocedural defect that may be found in the pleadings or filings. In the alternative, Appellant asks the Court that the petition or any other filing be returned toAppellant so that he may,be able to correct the error for the Court.
Respectfully submitted, 

# Q (\uLoJl Josephmchael Pierce #01919200 Stiles Unit 3060 FM 3514 Beaumont, Texas 77705

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Joseph Michael Pierce, certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing motion has beenmailed, U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, to the Smith County Criminal District Attorney's Office, 100 North Broadway, 4thFloor, Tyler,:•Texas 75702, and to the State Prosecuting Attorney; P.O. Box 12405, 

## Austin, Texas 78711, onthis the ()}\ aayof July, 2015. 

# lAjckcJ IflU^L ephMichael Pierce

VERIFICATION OR INMATE DECLARATION I, Joseph Michael Pierce, TDCJ-CID #01919200, DOB08-09-1978, being pres ently incarcerated in the Stiles Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Beaumont, Jefferson Countyy Texas, declare 

### (certify, verify, or state) under penalty ofperjury that I have read the above and foregoing motion, that the facts contained herein are true and cor rect, and that this motion is made in good faith. 

### EXECUTED, this thenH day of July, 2015

JosephMichael Pierce

Appellant's Rule 2 Motion for Copies andProcedural Defects - Page 2