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TRACE ROGERS SMITH § IN THE FIRST

v. § DISTRICT COURT OF

THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPEALS OF TEXAS

STATE’S SECOND MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:

Now comes the State of Texas, Appellee in the above-styled and -numbered

cause, and moves for an extension of time of 30 days to file Appellee’s brief, and

for good cause would show the following:

I.

Appellant’s brief was initially due on or about June 26 th (though the Court’s

website indicates a due date of July 6 th , Appellant’s counsel indicated the original

due date was around June 26 th )

. After Appellant’s motion for extension was

granted, Appellant filed his brief on August 12 , 2015. The State’s b rief is currently

due on October 26, 2015

.

II.

I anticipate that I will handle the brief for the State in this case

. I filed the

State’s brief in 03

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. I reviewed, edited and ACCEPTED

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FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS

10/27/2015 8:47:56 AM

CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERK2

expanded another individual’s brief in 03

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October 6 th

. I sat second chair with another attorney for his oral argument in 03

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. I h a v e a l s o gathered information on,

reviewed a n d f

i l e d a n s w e r s t o expunctions and nondisclosures, including several

petitions in the last month. I assisted other attorneys in the office with various

issues in their cases and appeals.

D u e t o a substantial i n c r e a s e i n a p p e l l a t e w o r

k f o r o u r C o u n t y

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C o m m i s s i o n e r s ’ C o u r t h a s a p p r o v e d f

u n d i n g f o r a s e c o n d a

p p e l l a t e p r o s e c u t o r

p o s i t i o n

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p o s i t i o n

, w h i c h o u r o f

f i c e h o p e s t o a d d i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e

. B e c a u s e o f t h e

f o r e g o i n g

, I h a v e n o t y e t h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o w o r k o n t h e b r i e f i n t h e i n s t a n t

c a s e

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u l l y r e q u e s t a n e x t e n s i o n o f 3 0 d a y s t o f i l e t h e S t a t e ’ s b r i e f

. T h i s

i s t h e s e c o n d e x t e n s i o n s o u g h t b y A p p e l l e e

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WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State’s counsel

respect fully prays for an extension of 3 0 days, until N o v e m b e r 2 5 , 2015 , so that an

adequate response may be made to Appellant’s brief. This extension is not

requested for purposes of delay but so that justice may be done.

R espectfully submitted,

/s/ Joshua D. Presley

Joshua D. Presley SBN: 24088254

preslj@co.comal.tx.us

Comal Criminal District Attorney ’s Office

150 N. Seguin Avenue, Suite 307

New Braunfels, Texas 78130

Ph: (830) 221

- 1300 / Fax: (830) 608

- 2008

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Joshua D. Presley

, Assistant D istrict A ttorney for the State of Texas,

Appellee, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this State’s S e c o n d Motion

to Extend Time to File Brief has been delivered t o Appellant TRACE ROGERS

SMITH ’s attorney in this matter :

Atanacio Campos

atanacio@aol.com

496 S. Castell Ave.

New Braunfels, TX 78130

Counsel for Appellant on Appeal

By electronically sending it to the above

- listed email address through

efile.txcourts.gov , this 2 7 th day of O c t o b e r

, 2015

.

/s/ Joshua D. Presley

Joshua D. Presley