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                                                                                             03-14-00371-CR
                                                                                                     6045947
                                                                                  THIRD COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                             AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                                                        7/13/2015 4:44:17 PM
                                                                                           JEFFREY D. KYLE
                                                                                                      CLERK
                                 NO. 03-14-00371-CR

JIM JACK THOMPSON                          §          IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                   FILED IN
                                                                   3rd COURT OF APPEALS
                                           §                           AUSTIN, TEXAS
v.                                         §                        THIRD    DISTRICT
                                                                   7/13/2015 4:44:17 PM
                                           §                         JEFFREY D. KYLE
                                                                           Clerk
STATE OF TEXAS                             §                         AUSTIN, TEXAS

         SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF

        NOW COMES THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee, by and through her

Assistant District Attorney, John C. Prezas, and moves the Court, pursuant to Texas

Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(d), to extend the deadline for filing the State’s brief.

In support of its motion, the State would show the Court the following:

1. The State’s Brief in this case is due on July 14, 2015. The State has requested, and

     this Court has granted, one previous extension of time.

2. Appellant’s brief was filed in this Court on April 14, 2015.

3. Mr. Prezas recently filed the State’s proposed findings of fact and conclusions of

     law in the following habeas corpus proceedings: Ex Parte Santos Loa 86-252-KC;

     Ex Parte Ramon Cavazos Jr. 07-1628-K277A; Ex Parte Troy Dale Mansfield 92-

     435-K277A; Ex Parte Rolando Bacon Lopez, 10-1053-K368A; Ex Parte Robert

     Jesse Padilla, 06-937-K368A; Ex Parte Robert Jesse Padilla, 06-921-K368A; Ex

     Parte Daniel Robert Lock, 94-085-K277A; Ex Parte Daniel Robert Lock 97-780-

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   K277A.

4. Mr. Prezas has recently filed answers in the following habeas corpus proceedings:

   Ex Parte William Johnson 88-405-KF, Ex Parte Joseph Paul Mayzone 93-070-

   K277A,Ex Parte Steven M. Ruiz 12-1097-K26A, Ex Parte Victor Manuel Soto 13-

   1581-K26A, Ex Parte Edwin Gus Schneider 10-960-K26A,and Ex Parte Timothy

   Jerrold Kipp 13-0658-K277A and 13-0622-K277A.

5. Mr. Prezas is currently meeting with attorneys to gather affidavits in anticipation of

   filing proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in the habeas proceedings of

   Ex Parte Wendi Ann Tillman 06-1062-K368A.

6. Mr. Prezas filed a State’s brief on May 21, 2015, in response to the Court of

   Criminal Appeals granting the State’s petition for discretionary review in John Alan

   Wachtendorf, PD-0280-15. Mr. Prezas submitted a State’s Motion to Dismiss in

   State vs. Gregory Michael Klapesky 03-15-00244-CR on June 5, 2015.

7. Currently, Mr. Prezas is evaluating a request for DNA testing under Chapter 64 in

   03-1063-K277 State vs. Gregory Michael Klapesky.

8. For the foregoing reasons, The State respectfully requests that the deadline for

   filing its brief in the above stated cause be extended for an additional sixty two

   (62) days from the current due date of July 14, 2015, to September 14, 2015.

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      WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State of Texas respectfully

requests that this Court grant its motion for an extension of time and extend the State’s

deadline to file its brief to September 14, 2015.

                                               Respectfully submitted,

                                               Jana Duty
                                               District Attorney
                                               Williamson County, Texas

                                                /s/ John C. Prezas
                                               John C. Prezas
                                               Assistant District Attorney
                                               State Bar Number 24041722
                                               405 Martin Luther King #1
                                               Georgetown, Texas 78626
                                               (512) 943-1248
                                               (512) 943-1255 (fax)
                                               jprezas@wilco.org

                                 Certificate of Service

       This is to certify that on July 13, 2015, a copy of the foregoing motion has been
sent to Appellant’s attorney of record, Ray Bass, 120 W. 8th street, Georgetown, TX
78626, by eservice at ray@raybass.com.

                                               /s/ John C. Prezas
                                               John C. Prezas

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