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NATHANIEL PAUL FOX § IN THE THIRD

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V. § DISTRICT COURT OF

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THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPEALS OF TEXAS

STATE’S MOTION TO FILE AMENDED BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:

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

cause, and moves this Honorable Court to accept the filing of Appellee’s amended

brief, and for good cause would show the following:

I.

Appellant was indicted by a grand jury on March 13, 2013 for the charges o f

Murder and Aggravated Assault of a Family or Household Member with a Deadly

Weapon in CR2013-091. He was subsequently convicted for both offenses.

Appellant filed his brief on January 22, 2015

. The State filed its brief on April 13,

2015 at 11:22 p.m. No other briefs have been filed.

II.

I am handling the appeal for the State in this case

. While reviewing the

briefs in this case in preparation for oral argument tomorrow, December 2 nd , I

observed that although Appellant requested that the Court return the conviction for

the more serious offense and set aside the lesser conviction in the event it found a ACCEPTED

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THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

12/1/2015 9:12:51 AM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK2

double jeopardy violation (Brief for Appellant at 9), the State’s brief through an

apparent oversight omitted a corresponding e x p l i c i t prayer for such alternative

relief. See Ex parte Cavazos , 203 S.W.3d 333, 337 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006 ); s e e

a l s o Tex. R. App. P. 43.3 (“When reversing a trial court’s judgment, the court must

render the judgment that the trial court should have rendered....”) . Accordingly,

the State moves the Court to accept its amended brief

– submitted along with the

instant motio n

– for filing in this case. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.7 (“A brief may be

amended or supplemented whenever justice requires, on whatever reasonable terms

the court may prescribe”); Majeed v. Hussain , 03

- 08

- 00679

- CV, 2010 WL

4137472, at *9 (Tex. App.

— Austin Oc t. 22, 2010, no pet.) (mem. op.) (not

designated for publication) (allowing for the amendment of a brief to add an

explicit a l t e r n a t i v e p r a y e r ) ; Lopez

- Juarez v. Kelly , 348 S.W.3d 10, 15 (Tex.

App.

— Texarkana 2011, pet. denied) ( h o l d i n g t h a t “ [ w ] e agree with the Austin

Court of Appeals that a prayer can be amended ” ) ; T e x

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c h a n g e s i n t h e S t a t e ’ s a m e n d e d b r i e f a r e t h e e x p l i c i t a d d i t i o n s t o t h e p r a y e r f o r

r e l i e f a n d c o r r e s p o n d i n g c h a n g e s t o t h e c e r t i f i c a t e s o f s e r v i c e a n d c o m p l i a n c e

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III

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WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State’s counsel

respect fully prays t h a t t h i s H o n o r a b l e C o u r t a c c e p t a n d f i l e i t s a m e n d e d b r i e f

,

1 A l t h o u g h t h e S t a t e h a s l o c a t e d s o m e a d d i t i o n a l a u t h o r i t i e s f o r s o m e i s s u e s s i n c e t h e o r i g i n a l

f i l i n g o f i t s b r i e f

, i t w i l l f

i l e t h e s e s e p a r a t e l y i n a “ l e t t e r o f a d d i t i o n a l a u t h o r i t i e s

. ”3

s u b m i t t e d a l o n g s i d e t h e i n s t a n t m o t i o n

, a s j u s t i c e r e q u i r e s

.

R espectfully submitted,

/s/ Joshua D. Presley

Joshua D. Presl ey 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. Presl ey

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

Appellee, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this State’s Motion to F i l e

A m e n d e d Brief has been delivered t o Appellant NATHANIEL PAUL FOX ’s

attorney in this matter :

Paul A. Fi nley

pfinley@reaganburrus.com

Reagan Burrus PLLC

401 Main Plaza, Suite 200

New Braunfels, TX 78130

Counsel for Appellant on Appeal

B y electronically sending it to his above

- listed email address through

efile. txcourts .gov , this 1 s t d a y o f D e c e m b e r

, 2015

.

/s/ Joshua D. Presley

Joshua D. Presley