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RECEIVED \U COURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALS IN THE COURT OF SEP 212015 CRIMINAL APPEALS AbelAcosta,Clerk OF TEXAS MOWABD MA-RTIM I4ARRIS, PETITIONER
VS. TME STATE OF TEXAS
FIRST MOTION FOR EXTEUSIOM OF TIME TO FILE PETITION FOR DISGHETIOHMIY REVIEW
MOS. ltV-m--003c\l-CR AND l4-K-O03S2rCR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEM5 TRIAL CMSE tiOS. I2CR-\B63 AMD IHGROISHTH THE 212.TM DISTRICT COUlRT OF GALVESTON COUNTY) TEXAS FILED IN HOWARD K HARRIS, PETITIONER/PRO Stcourtofcriminalappr> T.frC/X NO. H40H22 se?-232c:j <9(5 12 STREET AbelAcosta,Cifem HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 773481MM-E OF CONTEOTS page TxWe. af GonVeivls

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### Presiding Judge Honora.bleBreiGriffin Appellant Houiard FlorinVlarris Appellee The State, of Texas 

### Attorney for Appellanf Ms,Stacy Valdez (Trial.only) lit LJ.BayftreaWvJ,,S\d#> 

### Attarn&y-far Appellant Mr. Toe\ W. BanneH (Appealonly) Sears £Bennett, LLV 1100 l4ftSft?arWy,St5a2 Houslo(\)Te.xa& 11058 

### AttacrwyforAppellee Ms* CaiuLice Freemen (TcioJ only) Mr* PajulI Love (jalvesAbaCountyCum, District ftfW<Ws Office. kOO sq^Sfreet, Ste.lO0l GdJw°slah,Te.ia£Tl55lLIST OF PARTIES (cent.) 

### Attorney for Appellee Ms. Rebecca. Klaren (Appeal only") katvesfon CountyCriminal O'lSirict AtWneys Office. 

### tOO 5qTMStreet, Ste.\00l Galveston,TeKas 7155J

^FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIKE TO FILE PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
TO THE UuMOflA&LE TLlbGES OF Trtt COURT OF CRIIAIWAL APPEALS; NOWCOMES, HouiarJ Harris, Petitioner, pro se ana 

### respectfully files this First Motion For Extension Df Time To File Petition For Discretionary Review- In



### Support of fhis notion Petitioner slnouiS the Caua the faiioLoinat 1. Petitioner was convicted in the 2.12 District Court- of Galveston County, Galveston,Texas of-the indictedoffenses 

### Aggravated Sexual "Assau.lt and Aggravated Kidnappina in Cause. Nos. 12-CR-\&4>"3 and i4~CR-Q\54, Petitioner appealed 

### to the l4TrtOistrict Court of Appeals,.Houston,Texas, in ap9<2cJ cause Wos. lM-|4-D03^\-CR and W-\4-003<\l-uR.The 

### Court of Appeals affirmed fhe conviction ineach cause and issued fheir opinion on Auoasf zs] Z0\6. Court appointed Counsel for the Petitioner filed a Motion For 

### Rehearing- uitK fhe 14Tl4DistrictCourtoff^eals.TheMotion for Rehearing uias denied uiVVhout opinionSe.9te.mDer,10 Z01S.

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### The present deadline for filing -fhe Dexrfion For
5Discretionary ftevieu; is October iOrHZO!5. Petitioner h«as 

### not recjueSTed any extension priorto this request.

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### Petitioners requestfor an extension is based 

### upon fhe following facts: \)Petitioner did nof receive notice of the 

### Court of Appeals' decision onthe Motion For Rehearing untilI September I6TM#>I5: 2)Court appointed counsel for appeal, loel H- Bennett has issued notice that he ujill not be 

### representing Petitioner in fhe filing of fhe ?etition for Discretionary Review.Thusly, Petitioner mast proceed in the appeal process pro se, 

### DrVftioner lacks sufficent knowledge, of legal procedures and document" formats to meet the Current October \o\l1015 deadline to file the Petition 

### For Discretionary Review, 4.) Petitioner has limited access to the La-ui Library at fhe TDCI unit Lubere Vie is incacerated* 53The TDC3 unit where Petitioner is Currently incarcerated has a scheduled bi-annual inventory 

### due to take place uoifhin the next thirty days, durir\q ujhich time the unit uaill be on lock-doujn 

### for a period of 7-k>i4 days. Petitioner u/iU nothave access to the unit Lau> Library for the duration of this iock-douon.

### For the foreqoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully 

### requests this Honorable Court to extend fhe deadline 

### for filing the Petition For Discretionary Revieio in

Court of Appeals Cause Mos. W-i»J-003qi-CR and m-m

### 003^12-CR by thirty (30) days to November lO^ZoiS", in order that Petitioner may have sufficent time 

### to properW format" and file the Petfion For 

### Discretionary Review,
PRAYER WHEREFORE, PREMISES COMSlftERED, Petitioner 

### prays that fhe Court of Criminal ftppeals grant his First Motion For Extension Of Time To File 

### Petition Fof Discretionary Revieu). 

### l?espectfu\ly Submit\el,

Uouxxrd tWuS TDC3 Mo. MoU2 TDCT / HunW.lW Unit 8i5 I2THStreet Huntsv/ilie,Texas TJ318

1CERTIFICATE Of SERVICE

- I hereby certify that on September \%\ 2015, a true and correct copy of Petitioner's First Motion For 

### Extension Of Time To File Petition For Discretionary P\ev^eu3 to be filed inthe Court Of Criminal repeats 

### has been forwarded by LLS, Mail, postage prepaid, first class, to Attorney for State, "Rebecca Klaren* in Care of the Galveston County Criminal District 

### Attorneys Office at LOO 5^Street, SteTuOl;(aa\veston, Texas 1155/, and to the State Prosecuting Attorney, P.O. &ox I2405, Austin,Texas 18111 on this the l9TVy of September 2015.

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SWORN DECLl\ft(\TIQrt 

### X, Howard \dauis,T0C3 tto. iWO^n, being present/ incarcerated in the ItuntsviUe Unit oftheTexas Depart- -me.nt of Criminal Tustice-Insfnational Division in 

### Walker CouvAy, Texas, verify Ckt\A declare under penalty 

### of perjury that tbe. foregoing statements are, true and Correct. Executei on this the \fiTV*do.y of 

### September, Z0\S- / a I

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