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# In the Court of **Criminal Appeals of Texas**

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On Petition for Discretionary Review from the District Court for the 390th Judicial District Travis County, Texas, Case No. D -1- DC

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- 100139, and the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District, at Austin, Case No. 03

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U NOPPOSED M OTION OF A MICI C URIAE C ONSTITUTIONAL AND C RIMINAL

L AW E XPERTS AS A MICI C URIAE TO P ARTICIPATE IN O RAL A RGUMENT

Eugene Volokh California Bar No. 194464 Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law S COTT & C YAN B ANISTER F IRST A MENDMENT C LINIC UCLA S CHOOL OF L AW 385 Charles E. Young Dr. East Los Angeles, CA 90095 Tel.: (310) 206

- 3926 volokh@law.ucla.edu James C. Ho Texas Bar No. 24052766 Prerak Shah Texas Bar No. 24075053 Bradley G. Hubbard Texas Bar No. 24090174 G IBSON , D UNN & C RUTCHER LLP 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75201

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- 3264 Fax: (214) 571

- 2917 jho@gibsondunn.com pshah@gibsondunn.com bhubbard@gibsondunn.com PD-1067-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 11/9/2015 7:12:08 PM Accepted 11/10/2015 8:13:48 AM

ABEL ACOSTA CLERK2 U NOPPOSED M OTION OF A MICI C URIAE C ONSTITUTIONAL AND C RIMINAL

L AW E XPERTS AS A MICI C URIAE TO P ARTICIPATE IN O RAL A RGUMENT

Amici curiae Constitutional and Criminal Law Experts respectfully file this

motion for leave of court to share in the oral argu ment time allotted to A ppellant,
former Governor Rick Perry . In support of this motion, amici state as follows:

1. Amici are an ideologically diverse coalition of experts in the fields of

constitutional and criminal law

— including former judges, solicitors general,
prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers, constitutional litigators, and professors on
both sides of the aisle. They represent virtually the entire political spectrum and
have no personal or political stake in this case. They have filed an amicus brief in

this case for one simple reason: They are committed to the rule of law, and think
the prosecution of Gov. Perry undermines the rule of law.

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. Amici respectfully se ek to share Appellant’s time for oral argument
, a request to which Appellant consents. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.5 (“With leave of
court obtained before the argument and with a party’s consent, an amicus curiae
may share allotted time with that party.”) ; see, e.g. , Docket Sheets for No. PD

1371

- 13 (Tex. Crim. App. April 14, 2014) (granting amicus curiae’ s motion to
share in argument time) ; No. 12

- 0518 (Tex. Sept. 11, 2012) (same) ; No. 11

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(Tex. Oct. 21, 2011) ( same ); No. 08

- 0465 (Tex. July 24, 2009) (same); No. AP

75,898 (Tex. Crim. App. May 2, 2008) (noting oral

- argument appearance of

amicus curiae ) ; No. AP

- 75,207 (Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 2, 2005) ( same ); No. 96

- 0745 (Tex. Oct. 13, 1996) (granting amicus curiae ’s motion to share in argument

time ).

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. Amici proposes to be represented at oral argument by Eugene Volokh,
who is filing this day a motion to be admitted pro hac vice for that purpose. Mr.3 Volokh is the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of La w and

is a noted First Amendment scholar who runs UCLA’s Scott & Cyan Banister Firs t

Amendment Clinic. His expertise in that area may further assist this Court in
deciding the constitutional issues in this case. Mr. Volokh has previously argued

before this Court on behalf of amici curiae in Ex Parte Thompson , No. PD

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- 13 (Tex. Crim. App.).

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. Mr. Volokh has conferred with counsel for Appellant, David L.
Botsford, regarding the oral argument on November 18, 201 5. Mr. Botsford has
authorized Mr. Volokh to represent to this Court that Appellant has no objection to

and consents to amici presenting oral argument responding to the First Amendment
issues presented by the State’s Petition for Discretionary Review. Mr . Botsford
agrees to use only twenty minutes of his thirty minu tes , yielding the last ten

minutes to Mr. Volokh ( i.e.
, the time immediately preceding the State’s rebuttal
argument on its petition for discretionary review), should the Court agree that oral
argument by amici is appropriate.

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. Counsel for amici has also conferred with counsel for the State of

Texas, Lisa McMinn, who confirmed that the State does not oppose this motion.

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. In sum, amici respectfully request that the Court grant them leave to
participate in oral argument by granting Mr. Volokh ten minutes of the thirty
minutes Appellant has been granted to respond to the State’s petition for
discretionary review.4 DATED: November 9 , 2015

Eugene Volokh California Bar No. 194464 Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law UCLA S CHOOL OF L AW 385 Charles E. Young Dr. East Los Angeles, CA 90095 Tel.: (310) 206

- 3926 volokh@law.ucla.edu Respectfully submitted,

/s/ James C. Ho James C. Ho Texas Bar No. 24052766 Prerak Shah Texas Bar No. 24075053 Bradley G. Hubbard Texas Bar No. 24090174 G IBSON , D UNN & C RUTCHER LLP 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75201

- 6912 Tel.: (214) 698

- 3264 Fax: (214) 571

- 2917 jho@gibsondunn .com pshah@gibsondunn.com bhubbard@gibsondunn.com5 C ERTIFICATE OF S ERVICE

I hereby certify that, on November 9 , 2015, a true and correct copy of the

foregoing was served via electronic mail on the following counsel of record for all

parties in this case:

Lisa C. McMinn State Prosecuting Attorney P.O. Box 13046 Austin, Texas 78711

Michael McCrum District Attorney Pro Tem Travis County, Texas 700 N. St. Mary ’ s St., Suite 1900 San Antonio, TX 78205

David M. Gonzalez Assistant District Attorney Pro Te m Travis County, Texas 206 East 9th Street, Suite 1511 Austin, TX 78701

Counsel for the State of Texas David L. Botsford B OTSFORD & R OARK 1307 West Avenue Austin, TX 78701

Anthony G. Buzbee T HE B UZBEE L AW F IRM JPMorgan Chase Tower 600 Travis Street, Suite 7300 Houston, TX 77002

Thomas R. Phillips B AKER B OTTS LLP 98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 1500 Austin, TX 78701

Counsel for Applicant

/s/ James C. Ho James C. Ho