Court Opinion

ID: 4039477
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-09-28 22:14:54.632075+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:50:30.378696
License: Public Domain

ACCEPTED
                                                                                   12-14-00226-CR
                                                                       TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                    TYLER, TEXAS
                                                                              1/28/2015 6:42:14 PM
                                                                                      CATHY LUSK
                                                                                            CLERK

                            No. 12-14-00226-CR

                                                                   FILED IN
                                                            12th COURT OF APPEALS
                            In the Court of Appeals              TYLER, TEXAS
                        for the Twelfth Judicial District   1/28/2015 6:42:14 PM
                                 at Tyler, Texas                 CATHY S. LUSK
                                                                     Clerk

                                Jock Dominey,
                                  Appellant

                                       V.

                                State of Texas,
                                   Appellee

             On Appeal From Cause No. 2014-0069 in the 159th
              Judicial District Court of Angelina County, Texas

             State’s Second Motion for Extension (Unopposed)

To the Honorable Justices of this Court:

       Appellee, State of Texas, moves for a 10-day extension of time to file

its brief.

                                       I.

       Under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the general deadline

to file an appellee’s brief is 30 days after the date the appellant’s brief was

filed. Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(b). Appellant’s Brief was filed on November 26,

2014, giving the State until Friday December 26, 2014 to file its brief. A
motion to extend was granted, giving the State until Wednesday January

28, 2015 to file its brief.

       The State of Texas now requests a 10-day extension of time in which

to file its brief.

                                       II.

       Good cause exists for allowing the State additional time to file its brief

for the following reasons:

       1.     Counsel for the State was working on and completed two briefs

during this time-frame in Albro v. State, No. 12-14-00182-CR, which had

already had an extension granted, and Johnson v. State, No. 12-14-00160-

CR. Counsel for the State is also actively working on Owens v. State, No.

12-13-00386-CR and Finley v. State, No. 12-14-00005-CR during this

same time frame.

       2.     Counsel for the State had to prepare for a jury trial in State v.

Tillar, No. 2014-0703 which is scheduled for jury selection February 02,

2015 and is scheduled for jury trial on February 03-04, 2015. This is in

addition to the normal felony criminal docket counsel must prepare for.

       3.     Counsel for the Appellant is unopposed to this motion.
                                          III.

      From the above-listed reasons, the State has demonstrated that good

cause for the failure to be able to submit its brief by the Court’s deadline.

This is the State’s first motion for extension, and it is not brought for

purposes of delay or harassment, but to see that justice is done.

      Wherefore, Appellee State of Texas prays that the Court grant its

requested 10-day extension to file its State’s Brief in this matter.

                                           Respectfully Submitted,

                                            /s/April Ayers-Perez
                                           Assistant District Attorney
                                           Angelina County D.A.’s Office
                                           P.O. Box 908
                                           Lufkin, Texas 75902
                                           (936) 632-5090 phone
                                           (936) 637-2818 fax
                                           State Bar No. 24090975
                                           aperez@angelinacounty.net

                                           Attorney for Appellee
                                           State of Texas
                              Certificate of Service

      I do certify that on January 28, 2015 a true and correct copy of the

above document has been served electronically to John Tunnell, 315 East

Frank Avenue, Lufkin, Texas, 75902, attorney for Appellant, Jock Dominey,

through efile.txcourts.gov.

                                             /s/April Ayers-Perez

                         Certificate of Conference

      I certify that on January 28, 2015, I conferred with John Tunnell by

telephone about this motion, and certify that he was unopposed to a 10-day

extension.

                                             /s/April Ayers-Perez