Court Opinion

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                                                                                                            Sixth District

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                                 Sixth District
                                                No, 06-15-00178-CR                                         DEC 2 fi 2015
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                              Dsbra Autrey, Clerk " §                      SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
          STATE OF TEXAS                                       §           TEXARKANA, TEXAS
                  APPELLEE
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                       FIRST MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING APPELLANT'S BRIEF

          TO    THE   HONORABLE        COURT       OF    APPEALS     JUDGES:

                 COMES        NOW,      Louanne          Larson,          appellant,           pro      se,       and

          respectfully          moves        the    Court      to    extend       the    time        for     filing

          AppellantTs Brief,               and,     in accordance with T.R.A.P.                      73,    submits

          the following:

                 1. Trial Court Case Number:                       10,846

                2.    Style of Case:           State of Texas             VS.    Louanne Larson

                3.     Trial     Court:           115th    District         Court       of    Marion        County,

         Texas

                4.    Offense:        Capital       Murder

                5.    Punishment        Assessed:         Life      confinement         in     TDCJ    to      serve

         35 calendar years before parole eligibility

                B.    Length of Extension Sought:                     14 Days

                7.     Facts Relied Upon to Reasonably Explain the Need for                                         an

         Extension:       On December              14,    2015      response was received From the

         Court of Appeals District Clerk stating that the                                      Trial        Court 's

         Reporter's       Record        Statements           of Facts       had   not        been   received        at

         yourr        Honorable Court.             The Motion For           Forensic          Trace        Evidence

         Search         and      DNA    Testing          relies      on    the    statements           of      facts

         volumes and page numbers                       therein     to verify and prove the truth

         and     accuracy        of    the    matter,        without        which,       the Court           cannot

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                determine the          facts.     Secondly,          I    was informed the appellant's

                brief was due on or before December 09,                           2015.      I did not receive

                the     letter       until    December    14,      2015 at       the     Mountain         View       Unit

                Mailroom,        5    days    after    the     due       date.    I was not aware that an

                appellant's brief was required,                      as    I    relied       on   Texas        Code of

                Criminal       Procedure        Article       64   and     submitted          the    Motion           and

                Accompanying Affidavit that contain the volume and page numbers

                to     prove     facts,       state    and      federal         case     laws     supporting           my

                argument,       exhibits,      and documentation                supporting          the       need    for

                the Motion to granted and the trace evidence search and testing

                done.     I    did not intentionally or neglectfully fail to file the

                appellant's brief,            I wasn't        aware       it    was     required.         I    beg the

                Court     to   grant      the extension,           or in the alternative,                     consider

                the Motion and          Affidavit        as    appellant's             brief.     I throw myself

                on the mercy          of the Honorable Court.

                       WHEREFORE,       PREMISES       CONSIDERED,             Movant        prays        that       this

                Court    will        extend    the    time    within           which    to    File Appellant Ts

                Brief for      14 days,       or whichever time the Court finds reasonable

                and acceptable.

                                                                     Respectfully submitted,

                                                                     Louanne Larson TDCJ 6649981, Pro se
                                                                     Mountain View Unit
                                                                     2305 Ransom Road
                                                                     Gatesville, Texas 75528

                                                     UNSWORN DECLARATION

                         I,     Louanne        Larson,        TDCJ        No.     649981,           being        presently

                     incarcerated       in    Texas    Department          of     Criminal Justice,                  Mountain

                   View Unit,        2305     Ransom    Road,       Gatesville,          Coryell County, Texas,

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