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ACCEPTED
                                                                                       03-14-00605-CR
                                                                                               6662530
                                                                            THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                       AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                                                  8/26/2015 1:59:01 PM
                                                                                     JEFFREY D. KYLE
                              NO. 03-14-00605-CR                                                CLERK

                                     IN THE
                                                                      FILED IN
                                                               3rd COURT OF APPEALS
                              COURT OF APPEALS                     AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                               8/26/2015 1:59:01 PM
                         THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS                 JEFFREY D. KYLE
                                                                       Clerk

                                AUSTIN, TEXAS

HOWARD THOMAS DOUGLAS                   §                             APPELLANT

VS.                                     §

THE STATE OF TEXAS                      §                              APPELLEE

            APPEAL FROM THE 331ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

                           TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS

                         CAUSE NO. D1-DC-12-900059

         STATE'S FOURTH MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:

      The State of Texas respectfully moves for an extension of the deadline for

filing the State’s brief and, in accordance with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure

38.6 and 10.5(b), advises the Court as follows:

      (a) Following his conviction for Securing Execution of a Document by

Deception, the appellant filed his notice of appeal in the above cause on September

17, 2014. Appellant filed a brief on April 24, 2015.

      (b)    The State’s brief is currently due on August 26, 2015.
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      (c)    This request is that the deadline for filing the State’s brief be extended

by 7 days.

      (d)    The number of previous extensions of time granted for submission of

the State’s brief is: three.

      (e)    The State relies upon the following facts to reasonably explain the

need for an extension of the deadline:

             1. During the period since the appellant’s brief was filed, the

                  undersigned attorney has completed and filed an original brief in

                  another pending death penalty appellate case, (i.e. Brandon

                  Daniel v. State of Texas, CCA No. AP-77,034). The undersigned

                  attorney is also responsible for preparing the State’s brief in two

                  other pending appellate cases (i.e. Thomas Joseph Krausz v. State

                  of Texas, No. 03-15-00110-CR; and DeAndrre Dwight Joseph aka

                  DeAndre Dwight Parks, No. 03-15-00209-CR).

             2. This request is not made for the purpose of delay, but to ensure

                  that the Court has a proper State’s brief to aid in the just

                  disposition of the above cause.

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      WHEREFORE, the State of Texas respectfully requests that the deadline for

filing the State’s brief be extended to September 2, 2015.

                                             Respectfully submitted,

                                             ROSEMARY LEHMBERG
                                             District Attorney
                                             Travis County, Texas

                                             /s/ Lisa Stewart
                                             Lisa Stewart
                                             Assistant District Attorney
                                             State Bar No. 06022700
                                             P.O. Box 1748
                                             Austin, Texas 78767
                                             (512) 854-9400
                                             Fax No. 854-4810
                                             Lisa.Stewart@traviscountytx.gov
                                             AppellateTCDA@traviscountytx.gov

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                      CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

      Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(i), I hereby certify, based

upon the computer program used to generate this motion, that this motion contains

268 words, excluding words contained in those parts of the motion that Rule 9.4(i)

exempts from inclusion in the word count. I certify, further, that this motion is

printed in a conventional, 14-point typeface.

                                                /s/ Lisa Stewart
                                                Lisa Stewart
                                                Assistant District Attorney

                         CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

      I hereby certify that, on the 26th day of August, 2015, a true and correct copy

of this motion was served, by U.S. mail, electronic mail, facsimile, or

electronically through the electronic filing manager, to the Appellant’s attorney,

Craig M. Price, Hammerle Finley Law Firm, 2871 Lake Vista Drive, Suite 150,

Lewisville, Texas 75067, [cmp@hammerle.com].

                                                /s/ Lisa Stewart
                                                Lisa Stewart
                                                Assistant District Attorney

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