PDR No. ____________________ Court of Appeals No. 03-13-00689-CR PRESTON SHARPNACK § IN THE TEXAS COURT OF § v. § CRIMINAL APPEALS § STATE OF TEXAS § AT AUSTIN, TEXAS PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: Now comes PRESON SHARPNACK, Petitioner in the above styled and numbered cause, and moves this Court for a 60-day extension to file his Petition for Discretionary Review, and would show as follows: 1. Petitioner has been convicted for the offense Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and has been assessed sentence of 10 years. 2. The Third District Court of Appeals issued an unpublished decision in this case on July 9, 2015. Preston Sharpnack v. State of Texas , 03-13-00689 (Tex.App.- Austin, July 23, 2015). The PDR in this case is due on or before August 10, 2015. 3. The undersigned counsel has been unable to prepare a Petition for Discretionary Review due to the following trial and post-conviction matters:

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AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 8/10/2015 11:03:59 AM Accepted 8/11/2015 3:23:59 PM

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