CAUSE NO. 12-15-00001-CR

OSCAR PERKINS § 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. Oscar Perkins and numbered 114-
1209-14. 3. Appellant was convicted of Assault Causes Bodily Injury to Family Member. 4. Appellant was assessed a sentence of life confinement in TDCJ-ID. 5. Notice of Appeal was given on January 2, 2015. 6. The Clerk's Record was filed on February 2, 2015; the Reporter's Record was filed on March 24, 2015. 7. The Appellant’s Brief is due on April 23, 2015. Counsel requests the Court an extension of thirty (45) 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. Appellant’s Brief in Fredrick Perkins v. State of Texas, cause no. 12-14-00290-CR on April 3, 2015 with no further extensions; B. Appellant’s Brief in Jolly Neely v. State of Texas, cause no. 12-14- 00309-CR on April 10, 2015 with no further extensions; ACCEPTED 12-15-00001-CR TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS

TYLER, TEXAS 4/23/2015 4:11:27 PM CATHY LUSK CLERKC. App ell ant’s Brief in Ro b e rt Ba g w e l l v
. S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12-1 4-00 248 -CR on Apr il 10, 201 5 with no further extensions; and D. Peti tion for Discretionary Review in J o se ph S u l l i v a n v
. S t a t e o f T e x a s , cause no. PD-00 2 7 0 -1 5 o n Apr il 13, 201 5 with no further extensions.
9. Counsel has appeared in numerous hearings in state and feder al cour t over the la st thirty day s, including hearings i n the Eastern District of Tex as - Tyl er Div ision, and hearings in Smith and Van Zandt Counties. Counsel attended the capital murder semina r i n P l a n o, Texa s on March 23, 201 5 through March 26, 201 5. Add iti onall y, Counsel served as a spons or/chaper one for the All Sai nts Choir when they perf ormed
at Carnegie Hall in New York on Apr il 2, 201 5 through Apr il 6, 201 5. Lastl y, Counsel attended a CLE planning meeting with the State Bar of Texa s for this year’s Advanced Criminal La w Semi nar on April 16 , 20 15 through Apr il 17 , 20 15 in Austin, Texa s. 10. Lastl y, Appella nt’s Coun sel has the fol lowi ng bri efs pen ding:

A. App ell ant’s Brief in Ro b e rt W h i t e n e r v
. S t a t e of Te x a s, cause no. 12-1 5-00 006 -CR on Ap ril 2 9, 2 015 ; B. 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 May 1 , 20 15; C. 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 May 4 , 20 15; D. App ell a n t ’s Brief in J a so n Cl a i re Re e se v
. S t a t e o f T e x a s , cause no. 12 -14-00 363 -CR on May 5, 201 5; E. 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 o f T e x a s, cause no. 12 -15-00 007 -CR on May 9, 201 5; F. App ell ant’s Brief in J o e P i t t m a n v
. S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 15-0 000 9-CR May 18 , 20 15; G. App ell ant’s Brief in S y dn e y L y n ch v
. S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 15-0 008 8-CR on May 2 0, 2 015 ;H. App ell ant’s Brief i n H a r o l d B a ss v
. S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12- 15-0 007 1-CR upon the comp leti on of the Reporter ’s Rec ord; I. App ell ant’s Br i e f in Ar ro n Mc L a re y v
. S t a t e o f T e x a s, cause no. 12-1 5-00 084 -CR upon the completion of the Repor ter’s Recor d; and J. 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. 12-1 5-00 091 -CR upon the completion of th e Re p orter’ s Recor d.
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 Court grant this Mot i o n t o E xtend Tim e to Fil e App ell ant’s Brief for a period of thirty (45) 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 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 Apr il 23, 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.