FIRST COURT OF APPEALS NO. 01-14-00096-CR TRIAL COURT CASE NO. 1238640 STATE OF TEXAS § TEXAS COURT § VS. § OF § JOHNATHAN ROSS § CRIMINAL APPEALS NICKERSON MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: Now comes JOHNATHAN ROSS NICKERSON, Appellant in the above 

### styled and numbered cause, and moves this Courtto granthis requestto extendtime to file the Petition for Discretionary Review, pursuant to Rule 10.5(b) ofthe Texas 

### Rules of Appellate Procedure, and for good cause shows the following: 1. This case is on appeal from the 177th Judicial District Court of HARRIS County, Texas. 

### 2. The case below was styled the STATE OF TEXAS vs. JOHNATHAN ROSS NICKERSON, and numbered 1238640
. 

### 3. Appellant was convicted of Capital Murder and sentenced to life without parole on October 30, 2013. 4. Notice ofappeal was given onJanuary 27, 2014.


### 5. The Courtof Appeals affirmedthe conviction of Mr. Nickerson onJune PD-0981-15

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 7/29/2015 1:40:21 PM Accepted 7/30/2015 2:38:55 PM

ABEL ACOSTA CLERK30,2015. 6. The deadline to file aPetition for Discretionary Review ison orbefore July 30, 2015. 

### 7. Appellant relies on the following facts as good cause for the requested
extension: 

### a. Shortly after the judgement was received, Mr. Nickerson was 

### provided notice ofthe Court's decision to affirm his conviction ofCapital Murder and his sentence oflife in prison. 

### b. On July 23,2015, the undersigned metwiththe family to discuss 

### Mr. Nickerson's options. After informing them ofthe costs and the procedure 

### surrounding aPDR, the family informed counsel that they were going to try and work on obtaining the money to hire counsel to prepare the PDR. c. As ofthe date ofthis motion, counsel has notbeen retained to 

## representMr. Nickerson further, but decided to file this motion in order to receive additional time for the family to determine ifthey are able to hire counsel to file a
PDR. d. Counsel would ask this Court to grant Mr. Nickerson of60 days 

### in Order to prepare and file aPDR with the Court of Criminal Appeals, either through counsel or pro-se.e. This is the last action filed on Mr. Nickerson's behalf by the undersigned. 

### 8. Thisrequestis notfor delay, butrather, to adequatelypreparethe petitionin the interests of justice. 

### WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this 

### Courtgrantthis MotionTo ExtendTime ToFilePetitionForDiscretionaryReview, and for such other and further reliefas the Court may deem appropriate. Respectfully submitted, Law Offices, Andre' L. Ligon P.C. Attorneys at Law 1314 Texas Ave. #1500 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 662-2500 Fax:(713)222-0252

Rv •/<?/ Andre' L. Lison
. Andre' L. Ligon State Bar No. 00797840 Attorney for JOHNATHAN ROSS NICKERSONCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

### This is to certify that on July 29, 2015, atrue and correct copy ofthe above 

### and foregoing document was served on the District Attorney's Office, Harris County.

/S/ Andre' L. Ligon ANDRE LIGONSTATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF HARRIS §

AFFIDAVIT BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared ANDRE LIGON, who after being duly sworn stated: "Iam the attorney for the appellant inthe above numbered and entitled
cause. I have read the foregoing Motion To Extend Time To File Petition For Discretionary Review and swear thaj^ll ofthe allegations offact contained therein are true and correct."

ANDRE LIGON Affiant SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME by Andre" L. Ligon on 

### -A v 3 ^-i 2015, to certify which witness my hand and seal ofoffice. NotaiyPublic, StateWTexas

/'". ,.|H>i"''FIRST COURT OF APPEALS NO. 01-14-00096-CR TRIAL COURT CASE NO. 1238640 STATE OF TEXAS § TEXAS COURT § VS. § OF § JOHNATHAN ROSS § CRIMINAL APPEALS NICKERSON ORDER GRANTING APPELLANT MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW On , 2015, the Court considered the Appellant's Motion To Extend Time To File PetitionForDiscretionary Reviewand after due consideration, hereby GRANTS the Appellant'sMotion. It is Ordered that Johnathan RossNickerson has until 2015 to file a Petition for Discretionary Review ifhe so chooses too. Date: , 2015. JUDGE PRESIDING
APPROVED: Bv.TlS1/Andre' L. Lison Andre' L. Ligon State Bar No. 00797840 1314 Texas Ave. #1500 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 662-2500 Fax:(713)222-0252 Attorneys for JOHNATHAN ROSS NICKERSON