No. ______________________ 

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 

OF TEXAS 

 

EDUARDO SALINAS, 

Petitioner–Appellant 

v. 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, 

 Respondent–Appellee 

 

Petition for Discretionary Review 

from the Fifth District Court of Appeals at Dallas 

Cause Nos. 05-13-01665-CR and 05-13-01666-CR 

Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 4 

of Dallas County, Texas 

Cause Nos. F12-63779-K and F12-63780-K 

 

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME 

TO FILE A PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW 

 

Eduardo Salinas, Appellant below, respectfully submits this Motion for an 

Extension of Time to File a Petition for Discretionary Review in the above–styled 

and numbered causes. In support of this Motion, he shows this Honorable Court 

the following: 

PD-1089&1090-15

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

Transmitted 8/20/2015 2:47:38 PM

Accepted 8/20/2015 2:55:56 PM

ABEL ACOSTA

CLERK
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I. 

 A jury found Appellant guilty of two charges of aggravated assault with a 

deadly weapon and assessed punishment at fourteen years’ imprisonment in each 

case. 

II. 

 The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment in a memorandum 

opinion and judgment filed on July 31, 2015. Salinas v. State, Nos. 05-13-01665-

CR and 05-13-01666-CR, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8104 (Tex. App.—Dallas July 

31, 2015) (mem. opinion, not designated for publication). Appellant did not file a 

motion for rehearing. Appellant’s petition for discretionary review is due on or 

before August 30, 2015. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2(a); see also TEX. R. APP. P. 

4.1(a). Any motion for extension of time to file a petition for discretionary review 

is due on or before September 14, 2015. See TEX. R. APP. P. 68.2(c); TEX. R. APP.

P. 4.1(a). 

III. 

The facts relied upon to show good cause for this requested extension are as 

follows: 

1. Appellant was represented by court appointed counsel during appeal of 

this case to the Court of Appeals. 

2. It is undetermined at this time whether Appellant will proceed pro se for 

purposes of filing a Petition for Discretionary Review. Additional time is 
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needed for consultation between appellate counsel and Appellant on this 

issue. 

3. If Appellant proceeds pro se, then additional time will be needed to 

prepare and file the Petition pro se or to seek other legal assistance in 

filing the Petition. 

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully 

requests that this Honorable Court extend the time for filing a Petition for 

Discretionary Review for sixty days. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Lynn Richardson 

Chief Public Defender 

Dallas County 

Katherine A. Drew 

Chief, Appellate Division 

Dallas County Public Defender’s Office 

/s/ Julie Woods 

Julie Woods 

Assistant Public Defender 

Dallas County Public Defender’s Office 

State Bar Number: 24046173 

133 N. Riverfront Blvd., LB 2 

Dallas, Texas 75207 

(214) 653-3550 (telephone)

(214) 653-3539 (fax)

Julie.Woods@dallascounty.org 

 

Attorneys for Petitioner 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I certify that a true copy of the foregoing Motion for Extension of Time to 

File a Petition For Discretionary Review was served on Patricia Poppoff Noble, 

counsel for the State, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, 133 N. Riverfront 

Blvd., LB-19, 10th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75207, by eServe on August 20, 2015. 

 I further certify that a true copy of the foregoing Motion for Extension of 

Time to File a Petition For Discretionary Review was served on Lisa C. McMinn, 

the State’s Prosecuting Attorney, P.O. Box 13046, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas 

78711, by eServe on August 20, 2015. 

/s/ Julie Woods 

Julie Woods