CAUSE NO. 12-15-00009-CR

JOE LYNN PITTMAN § IN THE § VS. § TWELFTH COURT § THE STATE OF TEXAS § OF APPEALS

MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: Now comes Appellant in the above styled and numbered cause, and moves this Court to grant an extension of time to file appellant's brief, pursuant to Rule 38.6 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and for good cause shows the following: 1. This case is on appeal from the 114 TH Judicial District Court of Smith County, Texas. 2. The case below was styled State of Texas v. Joe Lynn Pittman and numbered 114-1053-14. 3. Appellant was convicted of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. 4. Appellant was assessed a sentence of fifteen (15) years confinement in TDCJ-ID. 5. Notice of Appeal was given on January 14, 2015. 6. The Clerk's Record was filed on January 29, 2015; the Reporter's Record was filed on April 16, 2015 and May 13, 2015. 7. The Appellant’s Brief is due on June 12, 2015. Counsel requests the Court an extension of thirty (30) days due to the number of briefs with deadlines. 8. Appellant requests an extension of time due to the following facts and circumstances. Since the Reporter’s Record in this case was completed, Counsel has filed: A. Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Ex parte Delbetric Hodge writ number 241-1479-13A on May 25, 2015; B. Appellant’s Brief in Roger Whitener v. State of Texas, cause no. 12-15-00006-CR on May 29, 2015; ACCEPTED 12-15-00009-CR TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS

TYLER, TEXAS 7/13/2015 4:14:39 PM CATHY LUSK CLERKC. App ell ant’s Brief in L a rr y Ma pl e s v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 14-0 033 7-CR on June 1, 20 15; D. App ell ant’s Brief in Ch ri st o ph e r T h u rm a n v . S t a t e , cause number 12-1 5-00 007 -CR on June 12, 20 15; E. App ell ant’s Brief in S i dn e y L y n ch v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause number 12-1 5-00 088 -CR on June 19, 20 15; F. App ell ant’s Brief in D o n a l d P o w e l l v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 14-0 035 5-CR on July 6, 201 5; a nd G. App ell ant’s Peti tion for Discretionary Review in F a t i m a Ra h m a n

v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. PD-0 724 -15 on J uly 13, 20 15. 9. Counsel has appeared in numerous hearings in state and feder al cour t over the la st th i rt y da y s, including hearings in the Eastern District of Texa s - Tyl er Div ision, and hearings i n Smith and Van Zandt Counties. 10. Lastl y, Appella nt’s Coun sel has the fol lowi ng bri efs pen ding:

A. App ell ant’s B rief in Ri ck y H a rr i s v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 15-0 010 4-CR on July 22 , 20 15 with no further extensions; B App ell ant’s Brief in O sc a r P e rk i n s v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 15-0 000 1-CR on July 22 , 20 15 with no further extensions; C. App ell ant’s Brief in Ch a rl i e Mo t e s v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 15-0 011 1-CR on July 23 , 20 15; D. A ppellant’s Brief i n Ha ro l d Ba ss v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, caus e n o . 1 2

- 15-0 007 1-CR on July 30 , 20 15; E. App ell a n t ’s Brief in Ch ri st o ph e r Mc L e m o re v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12 -15-00 091 -CR on August 5, 20 15; F. App ell ant’s Brief i n Br i t t a n y Mi ch e l l e Ba rr e t t v . S t a t e o f T e x a s,

cause nos. 12-1 5-00 145 -CR, 12-1 5-00 146 -CR, and 12-1 5-00 147 -CR

upon comp leti on of the Clerk’s Record and Reporter ’s Rec ord; G. App ell ant’s Brief in J o h n T

. Co n g l e t o n v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no.12-1 5-00 124 -CR up on the completion of the Repor ter’s Record ; H. App ell ant’s Brief in G a y l o rd S t e v e n s v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause nos. 12-1 5-00 162 -CR, 12-1 5-00 163 -CR and 12-1 5-00 164 -C R u pon the completion of the Reporter’ s Recor d; I. App ell ant’s Brief in S i dn e y L y n ch v . S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 15-0 016 7-15 upon the completion of the Reporter’ s Recor d; and J. App ell ant’s Brief in Hu b e rt Be n j a m i n v . S t a t e o f T e x a s , cause no. 12-1 5-00 172 -CR up on the completion of the Repor ter’s Record

. 11. App ell ant r equests an extension of time due to the abov e r eferenc ed f acts and circums tances. 12. App ell ant prays that this Cour t g ra n t this Motion to Extend Tim e to Fil e App ell ant’s Brief for a period of thirty (30) days, and for such other and further relief a s the Court may deem a ppr opriate.

Resp ectfully subm itted,

Law Office of Jam es W. Huggl er, Jr. 100 E. Ferguson, Sui te 80 5 Tyl er, Texa s 757 02 Tel: (903 ) 593 -240 0 Fax : (90 3) 59 3-38 30 Jhuggl erlaw@ sbcglob al .net By: /S/ J ames W. Hugg ler, J r. Jam es W. Huggl er, Jr. State Ba r No. 0 079 543 7 Attorney for APPELLANTCE RT I F I CA T E O F S ER VI CE

This is to certify that on July 13, 201 5, a true and corr ect copy of the abov e and foregoing docu ment was served on Mike West, Smith County District Attorney’s Office, 100 North Broadway Ave., 4 th Floor, Smith County Courthous e, Tyl er , Texa s 757 02, by regular ma il , fax, hand deliv ery, or electronic fili ng.

/S/ J ames W. Hugg ler, J r. Jam es W. Huggl er, Jr.