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IN THE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

JAMES ALAN WEATHERFORD

V. NO. 03-14-00528-CR

THE STATE OF TEXAS

APPELLANT’S THIRD MOTION FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE THIRD COURT OF APPEALS:

COMES NOW, James Alan Weatherford, by and through his attorney 

of record, Dal Ruggles, and files this his Third Motion for Extension of 

Time to File Brief and in support thereof, would show the Court the 

following:

I.

That the above-styled and numbered cause is styled The State of

Texas v. James Alan Weatherford, Cause Number 12-0465-K277 in the 

368th Judicial District Court of Williamson County, Texas. Appellant was

sentenced on July 23, 2014.

II.

Appellant plead guilty to counts 1-24 of Possession of Child 

Pornography with no agreed plea recommendation. Appellant went to the 

Court for punishment. The trial court assessed punishment at five (5) years 

ACCEPTED

03-14-00528-CR

4685128

THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS

3/30/2015 9:12:29 AM

JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

 FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 3/30/2015 9:12:29 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk
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imprisonment for each count to run concurrent with cause number 14-0874-

K368. The date of sentencing was July 23, 2014.

III.

Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed on August 20, 2014. A motion 

for new trial was filed on August 21, 2014. The reporter’s record was filed 

on November 19, 2014. The clerk’s record was filed on September 8, 2014 

and supplemental clerk’s records were filed on September 18, 2014, 

November 21, 2014, November 24, 2014 and November 26, 2014. The due 

date for the brief is Monday, March 30, 2015.

IV.

This is Appellant’s third motion for extension of time to file his 

brief. Appellant respectfully requests a thirty day extension of time to file 

the brief, which would make such brief due on Thursday, April 30, 2015. 

V.

The undersigned attorney has been unable to complete the brief due to 

lack of time. Counsel has completed his review of the record and the 

research associated with several legal arguments that may be presented in his 

case and is the process of drafting his brief. He has not been able to devote 

sufficient time to complete the final draft of his brief however due to a 

demanding workload that includes numerous cases and appeals in several 
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counties. Counsel is currently working on four felony appeals, two of which 

are due within the next week, and one misdemeanor appeal that will possibly 

require a hearing on a motion for new trial. Counsel’s active caseload 

beyond appellant work includes approximately thirty-five cases in three 

different counties. For this reason the undersigned attorney asks that this 

extension be granted so that he may devote the additional time necessary to 

effectively represent Appellant and so that justice may be done in this case. 

Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Dal Ruggles 

DAL RUGGLES

Attorney at Law

1103 Nueces St.

Austin, Texas 78701

Phone: (512) 477-7991

Facsimile: (512) 477-3580

SBN: 24041834

Email: dal@ruggleslaw.com

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Dal Ruggles, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the 

foregoing Appellant’s Third Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief was 

e-served to Mr. John C. Prezas of the Williamson County District Attorney's 

Office on this the 30th day of March, 2015.

 /s/ Dal Ruggles 

DAL RUGGLES