CAUSE NO. 14-15-00277-CR

ASTROROID BENTON § IN THE COURT OF APPEALS [Appellant] § VS. OF THE FOURTEENTH § THE STATE OF TEXAS

[Appellee] SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT

FINAL MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS:

COMES NOW ASTROROID BENTON, Appellant, and files this motion for

an extension of 30 days in which to file his appellate brief. In support of this motion,

Appellant shows the court the following:

I

The Appellant was convicted and then sentenced on March 20, 2015 in the 248 th

Criminal District in Harris County, Texas in Cause No. 1412553 of Murder. The

Appellant was sentenced by the jury and received 90 years in the Texas Department of

Criminal Justice Institutional Division.

A written notice of appeal was filed on the same day. The clerk’s record was filed

on May 13, 2015 and the reporter’s record was filed on April 24, 2015 and May 18, 2015.

This is Appellant’s third request for an extension of time, Appellant’s brief was ACCEPTED 14-15-00277-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 9/7/2015 12:00:00 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERKd ue Augus t 31, 2015.

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An e x te ns io n o f time is n e c e s s a ry s o th a t co un s e l c an a d e q ua te ly b rie f th e is s ue s

p re se n te d

. Th e a p p ella te b rie f is b e in g file d c o n c urre n tly with th is mo tio n.

W h ile c o un s e l wa s p re p a rin g th e b rie f s h e h a d id e n tifie d t wo po te n tia l argume n ts

fo r h e r c lie n t. Ho we ve r, up o n furth e r re s e arc h, th e re c ord d o e s n o t s up p o rt th e

a rgume n t s s h e wa s ho p in g t o ma k e o n b e h a lf o f h er c lie n t a n d s h e h a d to s t a rt o ve r.

Th is n ec e s s ita te d mo re time th a t c o un s e l h a d o rigin a lly a llo tte d fo r th is a p p ea l.

W H E RE FORE

, Ap p e lla n t p ra ys th e c o u r t g r a n t th is mo tio n a n d e x te n d th e

d e a d lin e fo r filin g th e a pp e lla te b rie f to Se p t e mb e r 8, 2015.

RE SPE CTFULLY SUBM I TTE D,

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o f Se p te mb e r 2015.

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ASTROROID BE NTON § IN TH E COURT OF APPE ALS [ Ap pe lla n t] § VS. OF TH E FOURTE E NTH § TH E STATE OF TE X

AS [ Ap p e lle e ] S U P R E M E J U D I C I A L D I S T R I C T

O R D E R

On t h is th e d ay o f

, 2015 ca me to b e he ard Ap p e lla nt's M o t i o n fo r

E x te n s io n o f Time to File Ap p e lla te Brie f, a n d it a pp e a rs to th e c o urt th a t th is mo tio n

s h o uld b e:

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DE NIE D

IT IS TH E RE FORE ORDE RE D th a t th e time fo r filin g th e Ap p e lla te Brie f in

th e a b o ve c a us e is e xte n d e d to

, 2015.

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ASTROROID BE NTON § IN TH E COURT OF APPE ALS [ Ap pe lla n t] § VS. OF TH E FOURTE E NTH § TH E STATE OF TE X

AS [ Ap p e lle e ] SUPRE ME JUDICIAL DISTRICT

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COM E S NOW De b o ra h Summe rs , b e fo re th e un d e rs ign e d a uth o rity

, an d s we a rs

to th e fo llo win g:

My n ame is De bo ra h Su m m e r s

. I a m t h e a tto rn ey o f re c o rd in th e ab o ve c a us e

. Th e fo re go in g Ap p e lla n t's M o tio n Fo r E x te n sio n o f

Time to File Ap pe lla t e Brie f wa s p re pa re d un d e r my d ire ctio n

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an d e ve ry fa c tua l a lle ga tio n c o n ta in e d th e re in is true a n d c o rre c t.

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