1 No. 03-14-00586-CR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS TERRELL MAXWELL § APPELLANT VS. § THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPELLEE

APPEAL FROM THE 331 ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS CAUSE NO. D1-DC-08-300490 STATE'S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: The State of Texas respectfully moves for an extension of the deadline for filing the State’s brief and, in accordance with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 38.6 and 10.5(b), advises the Court as follows: (a) Following his conviction for Capital Murder, the appellant filed his notice of appeal in the above cause on September 11, 2014. Appellant’s counsel filed a brief on April 30, 2015. ACCEPTED 03-14-00586-CR 5498073 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 6/1/2015 4:33:01 PM JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK2

(b) The State’s brief is currently due on June 1, 2015

. (c) This request is that the deadline for filing the State’s brief be extended by 30 days

. (d) The number of previous extensions of time granted for submission of the State’s brief is: none. (e) The State relies upon the following facts to reasonably explain the need for an extension of the deadline: 1. During the period since this brief was filed, the attorney assigned to this case has been working on other pressing appellate matters and has not had sufficient time to prepare an adequate response to this brief. 2. On May 19, 2015, the undersigned attorney filed a motion to dismiss the instant appeal for want of jurisdiction. This Court has not yet ruled on that motion. 3. In addition, the undersigned attorney, as the director of the Appellate Division of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, has been required, during the pendency of the instant appeal, to spend a considerable amount of time working on a variety of other legal matters and administrative issues.3

4. This request is not made for the purpose of delay, but to ensure that the Court has a proper State’s brief to aid in the just disposition of the above

cause. WHEREFORE, the State of Texas respectfully requests that the deadline for filing the State’s brief be extended to July 1, 2015. Respectfully submitted, ROSEMARY LEHMBERG District Attorney Travis County, Texas /s/ M. Scott Taliaferro M. Scott Taliaferro Assistant District Attorney State Bar No. 00785584 P.O. Box 1748 Austin, Texas 78767 (512) 854-9400 Fax No. (512) 854-4811 Scott.Taliaferro@traviscountytx.gov AppellateTCDA@traviscountytx.gov4 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(i), I hereby certify, based upon the computer program used to generate this motion, that this motion contains 304 words, excluding words contained in those parts of the motion that Rule 9.4(i) exempts from inclusion in the word count. I certify, further, that this motion is printed in a conventional, 14-point typeface. /s/ M. Scott Taliaferro M. Scott Taliaferro Assistant District Attorney

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that, on the 1 st day of June, 2015, a true and correct copy of this motion was served, by U.S. mail, electronic mail, facsimile, or electronically through the electronic filing manager, to the Appellant’s attorney, Jon Evans, Attorney at Law, 806 West 11 th Street, Austin, Texas 78701, [ jontevans@aol.com] /s/ M. Scott Taliaferro M. Scott Taliaferro Assistant District Attorney