1 NO. 01 -15 -00726- CR IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

KENTRELL MAURICE BUT LER 

### Appellant,

V.
STATE OF TEXAS, 

### Appellee.
ON APPEAL FROM THE 180TH DISTRICT COURT, HARRIS COUNTY,

TEXAS TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. 1390406

APPELANT ’ S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF



### THE CLOUD LAW FIRM C arvana Cloud Texas Bar No. 24048544 850 W. Little York Rd., Ste. B Houston, Texas 77091 Telephone: 832 -230-4210 Fax: 832-230-4684 Counsel for Appellant ACCEPTED 01-15-00726-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 10/21/2015 3:34:59 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK2

TO THE HONORABLE JU STICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS : Pursuant to T EX . R. A PP . P. 10.1 and 38.6(d), the Appellant , KENTRELL MAURICE BUTLER , files this Appellant ’ s First Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant’s Brief.

1. The A ppellant was convicted in the 180 th District Court of Harris Cou nty , Texas, the Honorable Catherine Evans presiding, on August 14, 2015 of the offense of Aggravated Robbery with a Deadly Weapon in Cause Number 139 0406 , styled State of
Texas v. Kentrell Maurice Butler . The jury assessed against Appellant a punishment of fourteen (14) years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

2. Appellant ’s opening brief is currently due on N o vember 13, 2015

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3. P ursuant to Rule 10. 5 (b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, c ounsel for Appellant requests a 6 0

- day extension of time to file its brief, making the brief due on January 15, 2016

. This is the first request for extension of time to file the opening brief.
4. Counsel for Appellant relies on the following reasons, in addition to the routine matters that counsel must attend to in daily practice, to explain the need for the requested extension:

 Counsel for Appellant, Carvana Cloud, has been preparing additional appellate briefs in other cases, and it has been impossible to reach this case for study and analysis and preparation of t he Brief for Appellant.

 The undersigned counsel has been was appointed by the Court to represent the Appellant one month after her father di ed and due to personal reasons regarding3 her bereavement, needs additional time to meet with Appellant and familiarize herself with the record and legal issues in the case in order to prepare A ppellant’s opening brief.
5. Counsel for Appellant seeks this e xtension of time to be able to prepare a succinct brief to aid this Court in its analysis of the issues presented. Additionally, the court reporter’s record was filed on October 13, 2015

. This request is not sought for delay but so that justice may be d one.
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. All facts recited in this motion are within the personal knowledge of the counsel signing this motion; therefore no verifi cation is necessary under Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.2.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
For the reasons set forth above, Appellant requests that this Court grant this Unopposed First Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant Brief and extend the Deadline for Filing th e Appellant Brief up to and including January 1 3, 2016

. Respectfully submitted, _____/s/ Carvana Hicks Cloud__________

CARVANA CLOUD
Counsel for Appellant4 CERTI FICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a tr ue and correct copy of Appellant ’s Motion for Extension of Time was served by electronic service and the electronic transmission wa s reported as complete on this 21 st day of October 2015 upon the following perso n: Alan Curry at curry_alan@dao.hctx.net.

Date: October 21, 2015

_____/s/ Carvana Hicks Cloud

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CARVANA CLOUD TEXAS BAR NO. 

### 24048544 850 W. LITTLE YORK RD, STE. B HOUSTON, TEXAS 77091 TEL: 832

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