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CAUSE PD-_____________ 

CAUSE NO. 11-13-00234-CR

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN, TEXAS 

_________________________________________________ 

DIANA SOLIS RODRIGUEZ, 

Appellant 

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, 

Appellee 

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MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO 

FILE APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW 

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL 

APPEALS OF TEXAS: 

 COMES NOW, DIANA SOLIS RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, by and 

through counsel of record and files this, her First Motion for an Extension of 

Time Within Which to File Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review 

(PDR). In support of said Motion, Appellant would respectfully show this 

Honorable Court as follows: 

I.

 On August 13, 2015, the Eleventh Court of Appeals at Eastland, 

Texas, upheld the trial court’s conviction for aggravated robbery in cause 

number TC 10395-D styled The State of Texas vs. Diana Solis Rodriguez

with appellate court number 11-13-00234-CR. Appellant was assessed a 

PD-1178-15

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

Transmitted 9/10/2015 12:47:59 PM

Accepted 9/14/2015 2:19:23 PM

ABEL ACOSTA

CLERK
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sentence of five years imprisonment in the Institutional Division of the 

Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 

II.

This First Motion for Extension of Time Within Which to File 

Appellant’s PDR is filed on or before the due date for the filing of 

Appellant’s PDR pursuant to Rules 4 and 9.2 Texas Rules of Appellate 

Procedure. Appellant’s due date is September 13, 2015.

III.

Appellant relies on the following facts as good cause for the requested 

extension: Appellant’s counsel only learned today that the Court of Appeals 

rendered a decision on August 13, 2015, and she has only this date notified 

Appellant of that fact as required by Tex. R. App. P. 48.4 (by certified mail, 

return receipt requested). Appellant seeks an additional 30 days to file 

Appellant’s PDR or until October 13, 2015 to allow Appellant adequate time 

to file said pro se PDR should she choose to do so.

IV.

Counsel does not seek this additional time to intentionally disregard 

this Honorable Court’s docket and scheduling order, but the effective 

preparation of the PDR in this matter as well as compliance with the 
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applicable rules deem it necessary to ask for the additional time within 

which to file Appellant’s Petition for Discretionary Review.

WHEREFORE, Appellant prays that the Honorable Justices of this 

Court would, in all things, GRANT this First Motion for Extension of Time 

Within Which to File Appellant’s Petitions for Discretionary Review and 

would extend the deadline in this causes to October 13, 2015.

COPELAND LAW FIRM

P.O. Box 399

Cedar Park, TX 78613

Mobil/Text: 512.897.8126

Fax: 512.215.8114

Email: ecopeland63@yahoo.com

By: /s/ Erika Copeland

Erika Copeland

State Bar No. 16075250

Attorney for Appellant

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE AND OF

COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 9

This is to certify that on September 9, 2015, a true and correct copy of 

the above and foregoing document was served on:

State Prosecuting Attorney Taylor County District Attorney

P.O. Box 12405 300 Oak St., Ste. 300

Capital Station Abilene, Texas 79602

Austin, Texas 78711

in accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and that the 

Motion For Extension Of Time Within Which To File Appellant’s Petition 

For Discretionary Review is in compliance with Rule 9 of the Texas Rules of 
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Appellate Procedure and that portion which must be included under Rule 

9.4(i)(1) contains 532 words.

 /s/ Erika Copeland

 Erika Copeland