## TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

No.____________

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WYDELL LORRAINE DIXON

, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

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### MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION

FOR DISCRETIONAR Y REVIEW

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R. Scott Shearer

TBA No. 00786464

929 Preston, Suite 200

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 254

- 5629

(713) 224

- 2889 FAX

ShearerLegal@Yahoo.com

Attorney for Appellant

January 15 , 201 4 On Petition for Discretionary Review from the Court of Appeals for

the F irst D istrict, Houston , Texas in Cause No s . 01

- 13

- 00408 -CR ; 01

-

13

- 0040 9- CR 01

- 13

- 004 10-CR & 01

- 13

- 00411 -CR Affirming an appeal

from judgments issued in Cause No s. 12CR748; 12CR749;12CR750 &

12CR751 from the 56 th District Court of Galveston County, Texas. PD-0064-15, PD-0065-15, PD-0066-15 & PD-0067-15

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

Transmitted 1/15/2015 10:49:02 PM

Accepted 1/21/2015 3:53:12 PM

ABEL ACOSTA

CLERKTO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL S OF TEXAS:

NOW COMES, WYDELL LORRAINE DIXON

, and files this Motion To

Extend Time To File Petition For Discretionary Review. In support of this motion, he

would respectfully show the Court the following:

I.

In a PUBLISHED opinion delivered December 1 6

, 20 1 4 , a panel of the F irst Court

of Appeals AFFIRME D Appellant’s appeal s from four j udgment s of conviction for cruelty

to animals by the 56 th District Court of Galveston County. Appellant did not file a motion

for rehearing

. Appellant’s Petition for D iscretionary Review i s due on January 16

, 201 4

.

This motion to extend time to file petition for discretionary review is timely filed within

thirty days after the court of appeals issued its opinion or overruled Appellant’s Motion for

Rehearing or within f ifteen days of said deadline. See T EX

. R. A PP

. P ROC

. 68.2.

II.

Appellant is requesting additional time to file the petition for discretionary review

.

More time is necessary to research the issues involved.

III.

Appellant asserts that this motion is not made solely for purposes of delay and that

the granting of this motion will not prejudice the rights of the State.IV.

Appellant is therefore requesting a thirty [30] day extension so that h is Petition may

be timely filed.

WHEREFORE, PREMIS ES CONSIDERED , Appellant prays that the

Honorable Court of Criminal Appeals will grant h is M otion To Extend Time To File

Petition For Discretionary Review.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/R. SCOTT SHEARER

R. Scott Shearer

TBA No. 00786464

929 Preston, Suite 200

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 254

- 5629

(713) 224

- 2889 FAX

ShearerLegal@Yahoo.com

Attorney for Appellant

January 15 , 2014CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of this Motion has been served upon the State of Texas by e

mailing a copy of same to the following parties at the following addresses on this the 1 5 th

day of January

, 20 1 4 :



### BRENT HAYNES

GALVESTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTO R NEY

600 59TH ST # 1001

GALVESTON, TX 77551

BRENT.HAYNES @ CO.GALVESTON. TX.US

/ s /R. SCOTT SHEARER

R. S cott Shearer