No. 01-14-00900-CR

In the

Court of Appeals

For the

First Judicial District of Texas

At Houston

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No. 1344231

In the 180th District Court of

Harris County, Texas

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FELICITY BURRIS

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

Appellee

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STATE’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

IN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS:

COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, in accordance with Rules 10.1(a) 

and 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and files this motion for 

extension of time in which to file the State’s brief in this case, and, in support thereof, 

presents the following: 

 

ACCEPTED

01-14-00900-cr

FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

4/13/2015 12:32:12 PM

CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK

 FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/13/2015 12:32:12 PM CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk
1. In the 180th District Court of Harris County, Texas, in The State of Texas v. 

Felicity Burris, Cause Numbers 1344231, appellant was charged with arson.

2. The court deferred appellant’s adjudication for five years. 

3. The State’s brief is due on April 13, 2015.

5. An extension of time in which to file the State’s brief is requested until May 13, 

2015.

6. No previous extension has been requested by the State.

7. The facts relied upon to explain the need for this extension are:

a) The undersigned attorney was assigned this case on March 17, 2015.

b) Since the undersigned attorney was assigned this case, the attorney finished 

writing the State’s briefs in the following cases:

(1) Cause Number 14-14-00473-CR, Jimmy Earl Van-Cleave, Appellant v. The 

State of Texas, Appellee, which involves three points of error and three

volumes of the reporter’s record;

(2) Cause Number 01-14-00581-CR, Brodies E. Myles, Appellant v. The State of 

Texas, Appellee, which involves one points of error and four volumes of 

the reporter’s record; and

(3) Cause Number 01-14-00421-CR, Eric Dewayne Small, Appellant v. The State 

of Texas, Appellee, which involves six points of error and eight volumes of 

the reporter’s record.
c) The undersigned attorney was also preparing for oral argument in Cause 

Number 01-13-00931-CR, Melissa Dromgoole, Appellant v. The State of Texas, 

Appellee, that was held on April 8, 2015.

d) The undersigned attorney is also currently engaged in the preparation of the 

State’s Brief in the following appellate cause numbers:

(1) Cause Number 14-14-00874-CR, Charles Roberts, Appellant v. The State of 

Texas, Appellee, which involves three points of error and seven volumes 

of the reporter’s record;

(2) Cause Number 01-14-00900-CR, James Lee Skinner, Appellant v. The State 

of Texas, Appellee, which involves three points of error and four volumes 

of the reporter’s record; and

(3) Cause Number 14-14-00910-CR, Ex parte Erik Montes De Oca-Orozco,

which involves two points of error and one volume of the reporter’s 

record.

WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant an extension of time until 

May 13, 2015 in which to file the State’s brief in this case.
Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Carly Dessauer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CARLY DESSAUER

Assistant District Attorney

Harris County, Texas

1201 Franklin, Suite 600

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 755-5826

State Bar No. 24069083

 dessauer_carly@dao.hctx.net
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing instrument will be served to 

appellant’s attorney on April 13, 2015 through TexFile:

Tommy LaFon

Attorney at Law

1244 Heights Blvd.

Houston, Texas 77008

tomlafon@aol.com

/s/ Carly Dessauer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CARLY DESSAUER

Assistant District Attorney

Harris County, Texas

1201 Franklin, Suite 600

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 755-5826

State Bar No. 24069083

dessauer_carly@dao.hctx.net

curry_alan@dao.hctx.net

Date: April 13, 2015