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PD-0963-15                                                         PD-0963-15
                                                                            COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                                                                             AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                                            Transmitted 7/24/2015 2:50:37 PM
                                                                              Accepted 7/28/2015 1:43:11 PM
                       TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS                                       ABEL ACOSTA
                                                                                                      CLERK

                         FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                    NO. 14-13-01068-CR

AJAH FOSTER
APPELLANT                           On Appeal from Cause Number 1388752
                                    From the 184th District Court of Harris County

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS
APPELLEE

                        Appellant’s Motion To Extend Time
                      To File Petition For Discretionary Review

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

COMES NOW, AJAH FOSTER, and files this her Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for
Discretionary Review, and in support thereof, would respectfully show the Court the
following:

                                            I.
The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment in Foster v. State, 14-13-
01068-CR, 2015 WL 3631689, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] June 11, 2015) No
motion for rehearing was filed. No other motions for extension have been filed.

                                               II.
In compliance with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 68.2(c), this motion for extension is
timely filed within 15 days of the deadline for the PDR, which was July 13, 2015. Appellant
requests this extension due to the fact that counsel for Appellant has been engaged in work in
the Harris County Public Defender’s Office on many cases, including the following:

        Ruben Totten, PD-0483-15
        Domingo Medina, 01-15-00574-CR
        Kori Henegar, 14-15-00529-CR
        Trey Foster, 14-15-00496-CR
        Hugo Pachas-Luna, 01-14-00516-CR - 01-14-00520-CR
        Rodney Robins, 01-14-00582-CR
        Stephen Hopper, 14-15-00371-CR
                                                                              July 28, 2015
      Pete Rodriguez, 14-15-00339-CR
      Vincent Williams, 14-15-00220-CR
      Darryle Robertson, 14-15-00132-CR
      Counsel has been researching and writing for several trial cases assigned to the Public
       Defender’s Office Trial Division.

                                              III.
Appellant’s attorney requests this brief extension which is necessary so that the petition can
be thoroughly written and timely filed. This motion is not made for the purpose of delay.

                                           PRAYER

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Honorable Court grants this
requested extension of time to file the appellant’s petition for discretionary review in the above
cause and extend the time for filing for 30 days, to August 24, 2015.

                                                            Respectfully submitted,

                                                            ALEXANDER BUNIN
                                                            Chief Public Defender
                                                            Harris County, Texas

                                                            /s/Sarah V. Wood
                                                            SARAH V. WOOD
                                                            Assistant Public Defender
                                                            Harris County, Texas
                                                            Texas Bar Number 24048898
                                                            1201 Franklin, 13th Floor
                                                            Houston Texas 77002
                                                            713.368.0016 (phone)
                                                            713.368.9278 (fax)
                                                            Sarah.Wood@pdo.hctx.net

                                                            Attorney for Appellant

                                 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
By my signature below, I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
Appellant’s Motion to Extend Time to File Petition for Discretionary Review has been served
on the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, by electronic delivery through the efile
system.

                                             /s/Sarah V. Wood
                                             Sarah V. Wood