NO. 06-14-00234-CR 

NO. 06-14-00235-CR 

MELVIN WAYNE § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 

RICHARDSON 

 

V. § FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT 

STATE OF TEXAS § OF TEXAS AT DALLAS 

SECOND MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME 

TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF 

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: 

COMES NOW, Melvin Wayne Richardson, Appellant in the above 

named cause number, by and through his duly appointed attorney on appeal, 

and requests that this Court extend the time for filing Appellant’s brief from 

March 30, 2015 to April 29, 2015. 

I. 

 In trial case number F06-62662, on May 10, 2010, Appellant was pled 

guilty to the indictment and was convicted in the 195th Judicial District 

Court in Dallas County, Texas of aggravated assault with a dangerous 

weapon. (CR1: 291

). The jury assessed punishment at 40 years’ 

 

1

 CR1 refers to the District Court Clerk’s record in F06-68662. 

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DEBBIE AUTREY

CLERK

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imprisonment. (CR1: 26, 292

). After filing an application for an 11.07 writ 

of habeas corpus with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, that Court 

issued an opinion on November 19, 2014 granting Appellant an appeal out 

of time. (CR1: 34-37). Appellant subsequently filed a timely notice of 

appeal. (CR1: 38). 

 In trial case number F06-62371, on May 10, 2010, Appellant was pled 

guilty to the indictment and was convicted in the 195th Judicial District 

Court in Dallas County, Texas of unlawful possession with intent to deliver 

cocaine, 4G. (CR2: 233). The jury assessed punishment at 25 years’ 

imprisonment. (CR2: 23, 294

). After filing an application for an 11.07 writ 

of habeas corpus with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, that Court 

issued an opinion on November 19, 2014 granting Appellant an appeal out 

of time. (CR2: 30-33). Appellant subsequently filed a timely notice of 

appeal. (CR2: 36). 

II.

The due date for Appellant’s Brief is March 30, 2015. 

III. 

 

2 The trial court entered an order Nunc Pro Tunc correcting the judgment from twenty 

years to forty years. (CR1: 26). 

3

 CR2 refers to the District Court Clerk’s record in F06-62371. 

4

 The trial court entered an order Nunc Pro Tunc correcting the judgment from forty years 

to twenty-five years. (CR2: 29). 
Appellant requests an extension of time of thirty (30) days in which to 

file his Brief. One previous extension of time has been requested by 

Appellant. 

IV. 

Appellant submits that a reasonable explanation exists for this 

requested extension. Appellant relies on the following facts to reasonably 

explain why the brief has not yet been prepared and the need for an 

extension of time in which to file Appellant’s Brief: 

(1) The undersigned attorney filed a petition for discretionary review 

in cause number PD-1541-14 styled Leonardo Geronimo Renteria 

Sanchez v. State of Texas on December 18, 2014 pending in the Texas 

Court of Criminal Appeals, Austin, Texas. 

(2) The undersigned attorney filed a brief in cause number 05-13-

01710-CR styled Errington Charles Hatch v. State of Texas on 

January 31, 2015 pending in the 5th District Court of Appeals, Dallas, 

Texas. 

(3) The undersigned attorney filed a brief in cause number 08-14-

00208-CR styled Danielle Lozono v. State of Texas on February 17, 

2015 pending in the 8th District Court of Appeals, El Paso, Texas. 
(4) The undersigned attorney filed a brief in cause number 05-14-

00447/00448/00449/00450/00451-CR styled Chason Matthew Oden 

v. State of Texas on February 20, 2015 pending in the 5th District 

Court of Appeals, Dallas, Texas. 

(5) The undersigned attorney filed a brief on March 4, 2015 in cause 

number 05-14-00720-CR styled Raymond Edwards III v. State of 

Texas pending in the 5th District Court of Appeals, Dallas, Texas. 

(6) The undersigned attorney filed a brief in cause numbers 05-14-

00331/00332/00333/00334-CR styled Neko Boykin v. State of Texas

on March 13, 2015 pending in the 5th District Court of Appeals, 

Dallas, Texas. 

(7) The undersigned attorney filed a brief in cause numbers 05-14-

00101-CR styled Natalio Juarez, Jr. v. State of Texas on March 20, 

2015 pending in the 5th District Court of Appeals, Dallas, Texas. 

(8) The undersigned attorney is preparing a brief in cause numbers 05-

14-01050-CR styled Ronnie Creig Wilson v. State of Texas pending in 

the 5th District Court of Appeals, Dallas, Texas. 

 V. 

This Motion is not brought for purposes of delay but so that the 

appellate record can be read and evaluated, and so that the legal and factual 
issues presented by the appellate record can be properly briefed and 

presented to this Court on Appellant’s behalf. 

 WHEREFORE, Appellant requests this Court extend Appellant’s 

deadline to file its brief to April 29, 2015. 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Nanette Hendrickson 

Lynn Pride Richardson Nanette Hendrickson 

Chief Public Defender Assistant Public Defender 

Dallas County, TX Texas State Bar No. 24081423 

Frank Crowley Courts Building 

133 N. Riverfront Blvd., LB-2 

Dallas, Texas 75207-4399 

(214) 653-3582 (phone) 

(214) 653-3539 (fax) 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing motion was served 

on the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney’s Office (Appellate 

Division), 133 N. Riverfront Blvd., B-19, 10th Floor, Dallas, Texas, 75207, 

by hand delivery and electronic service at DCDAAppeals@dallascounty.org

on March 27, 2015. 

/s/ Nanette Hendrickson 

Nanette Hendrickson