NO. PD-1634-14

AARON JACOB MOORE § IN THE

VS. § COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

THE STATE OF TEXAS § STATE OF TEXAS

STATE’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE

BRIEF ON THE MERITS

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS: The State, by and through its Fort Bend County District Attorney, asks theCourt to grant an extension of time to submit its brief on the merits in the abovereferenced cause. Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 10.5(b), the State provides the following information:
Current Deadline: May 22, 2015 Length of Extension Sought: 60 days to July 21, 2015
Number of Previous Extensions: None Facts reasonably explaining the need for an extension: In the last thirty days, the undersigned has filed the State’s appellate brief in
McGuire v. State, 01-14-00241-CR (FSRA), and has been working on the State’s appellate brief due on June 2, 2015, on a final extended deadline in McGuire v. State , 01-14-00240-CR, a felony murder case in which the underlying felony is a third DWI,

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AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 5/21/2015 4:15:26 PM Accepted 5/22/2015 11:14:34 AM

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