NO. 03-13-00852-CR

GREGORY LOPEZ * IN THE THIRD 

VS. * DISTRICT COURT OF 

STATE OF TEXAS * APPEALS OF TEXAS 

FIRST MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLEE’S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: 

 Now comes the State of Texas, Appellee in the above styled and numbered 

cause, and moves for an extension of time of 30 days to file Appellee’s brief, and 

for good cause would show the following: 

I.

 Appellant was sentenced in Cause Number CR2012-396 in the 207th Judicial 

District Court of Comal County, Texas, on October 21, 2013, for the offense of 

Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child. Appellant filed a motion for new trial 

on November 21, 2013 and subsequently, on December 20, 2013, filed his notice 

of appeal. The clerk’s record was filed on May 5, 2014 and the reporter’s record 

was filed on June 2, 2014. 

Appellant’s brief was initially due by July 2, 2014. However, Appellant’s 

brief was not timely filed and a notice of late brief was sent by this Court on 

August 12, 2014. Subsequently, Appellant filed a motion for extension of time, 

ACCEPTED

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THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

1/30/2015 4:06:53 PM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

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until September 18, 2014, to file his brief which was granted by this Court. 

Subsequently, this court granted Appellant’s second motion for extension to file 

his brief and ordered that his brief be filed by November 17, 2014. Again, 

Appellant’s brief was not timely filed. As a result, on December 4, 2014, this 

Court abated the appeal and remanded this case to the trial court for further 

proceedings. Eventually, Appellant’s brief was filed on December 31, 2014. 

Currently, Appellee’s brief is due by January 30, 2015. 

II.

During the week of January 5, 2015, counsel for the State prosecuted Ramon 

Ascencio in CR2013-403 in a jury trial before the 207th District Court of Comal 

County, Texas for the offense of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. In 

addition, counsel for the State has been required to cover regular court dockets

since the conclusion of that trial. 

The State’s counsel has read the entire record and researched the issues 

raised in the Appellant’s brief. However, counsel has not completed writing the 

Appellee’s brief in this matter and needs additional time to prepare an adequate 

response to Appellant’s brief. This is the first extension sought by Appellee.

III.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State’s counsel 

respectfully requests an extension of 30 days, until March 2, 2015, so that an 
adequate response may be made to Appellant’s brief. This extension is not 

requested for purposes of delay but so that justice may be done.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Sammy M. McCrary

Sammy M. McCrary

Chief Felony Prosecutor

SBN: 90001990

150 N. Seguin Avenue, Suite 307

New Braunfels, Texas 78130

(830) 221-1300

Fax: (830) 608-2008

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Sammy M. McCrary, attorney for the State of Texas, Appellee, hereby 

certify that a true and correct copy of this First Motion to Extend Time to File 

Appellee’s Brief has been delivered to Appellant GREGORY LOPEZ’s attorney of 

record in this matter:

David K. Sergi

david@sergilaw.com

David K. Sergi & Associates, P.C.

P.O. Box 887

San Marcos, TX 78666

Attorney for Appellant on Appeal

By electronically sending it to his above-listed email address through 

efile.txcourts.gov, this 30th day of January 2015.

 /s/ Sammy M. McCrary

 Sammy M. McCrary