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M OTION FOR E XTENSION OF T IME T O THE H ONORABLE J UDGES OF THE C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS : NOW COMES, the appellant, Johnathan Renard Castaneda, by and through his assistant public defender Jani Maselli Wood, and respectfully moves the Court to grant an additional thirty days to file the petition for discretionary review and for god cause would show: I. Mr. Castaneda was convicted of murder and aggravated sexual assault in two separate cases. He was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence for the sexual assault case and 45 years in prison for the murder. The Court of appeals affirmed both cases on November 10, 2015, in one unpublished opinion. Johnathan Renard Castaneda v. State , 2015 WL 6930466, 01-14-00389-CR, 01-14-00390-CR (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] November 10, 2015, no pet. h.). PD-1591&1592-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 12/7/2015 2:24:32 PM Accepted 12/7/2015 3:34:36 PM

ABEL ACOSTA CLERKII.

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