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ACCEPTED
                                                                                                                        04-14-00338-CR
                                                                                                            FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                                                 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
                                                                                                                   9/29/2015 2:54:45 PM
                                                                                                                         KEITH HOTTLE
                                                                                                                                 CLERK

                                         NO.	
  04-­‐14-­‐00338-­‐CR	
  
                                                        	
  
	
                                                                                                FILED IN
                                                                                           4th COURT OF APPEALS
BENNY	
  CAVASOS	
  VALVERDE,	
  	
                       §	
      	
        IN	
  THE	
  COURT	
   OF	
  	
   TEXAS
                                                                                            SAN ANTONIO,
	
      Appellant	
                                                                        09/29/15 2:54:45 PM
	
                                                                                           KEITH E. HOTTLE
                                                                                                   Clerk
vs.	
   	
     	
       	
       	
   	
                  §	
      	
        APPEALS,	
  FOURTH	
  
	
  
	
  
THE	
  STATE	
  OF	
  TEXAS,	
   	
   	
                  §	
      	
        COURT	
  OF	
  APPEALS	
  
	
      Appellee	
  
	
  
	
      	
     	
       	
       	
   	
             §	
   	
     SAN	
  ANTONIO,	
  TEXAS	
  
                                                     	
  
                                                     	
  
                               A	
  MOTION	
  FOR	
  EXTENSION	
  OF	
  
                             TIME	
  TO	
  FILE	
  APPELLEE’S	
  BRFIEF	
  
                                                     	
  
	
  
TO	
  THE	
  HONORABLE	
  COURT	
  OF	
  APPEALS:	
  
	
  
	
      Now	
  comes	
  the	
  State	
  of	
  Texas,	
  Appellee	
  in	
  the	
  instant	
  cause,	
  by	
  

and	
  through	
  his	
  undersigned	
  counsel,	
  Edward	
  F.	
  Shaughnessy,	
  and	
  files	
  

this	
  Appellee’s	
  Motion	
  for	
  Extension	
  of	
  Time	
  to	
  File	
  Appellee’s	
  Brief.	
  	
  In	
  

support	
  of	
  the	
  instant	
  motion	
  the	
  Appellee	
  would	
  show	
  unto	
  this	
  Court	
  

the	
  following:	
  

                                                        A.	
  

	
       The	
  Appellant	
  is	
  appealing	
  the	
  judgment	
  of	
  the	
  290th	
  	
  District	
  

Court	
  of	
  	
  Bexar	
  County	
  Texas	
  wherein	
  he	
  was	
  convicted	
  of	
  Murder	
  and	
  

sentenced	
  to	
  thirty	
  (30)	
  years	
  of	
  confinement	
  in	
  the	
  Institutional	
  
Division	
  of	
  the	
  Texas	
  Department	
  of	
  Criminal	
  Justice.	
  	
  Notice	
  of	
  Appeal	
  

was	
  filed	
  in	
  a	
  timely	
  fashion	
  in	
  the	
  trial	
  Court.	
  	
  	
  

                                                                  B.	
  

	
         The	
  undersigned	
  is	
  serving	
  as	
  a	
  prosecutor	
  pro	
  tem	
  pursuant	
  to	
  an	
  

appointment	
  by	
  the	
  judge	
  of	
  the	
  290th	
  District	
  Court	
  of	
  Bexar	
  County	
  due	
  

to	
  a	
  conflict	
  of	
  interest	
  on	
  the	
  part	
  of	
  the	
  Criminal	
  District	
  Attorney	
  for	
  

Bexar	
  County.	
  	
  The	
  undersigned	
  did	
  not	
  serve	
  as	
  the	
  prosecutor	
  in	
  the	
  

trial	
  Court.	
  	
  

	
  

                                                                    C.	
  

           	
  	
  The	
  Appellant’s	
  brief	
  in	
  the	
  instant	
  matter	
  was	
  filed	
  in	
  this	
  Court	
  

on	
  June	
  1,	
  2015.	
  The	
  Appellee’s	
  brief	
  was	
  due	
  to	
  be	
  filed	
  on	
  September	
  

21,	
  2015.	
  	
  The	
  Appellee	
  would	
  request	
  a	
  thirty-­‐day	
  extension	
  of	
  time	
  to	
  

file	
  the	
  Appellee’s	
  brief	
  until	
  October	
  21,	
  2015.	
  

	
         	
             	
     	
          	
         C.	
  

	
         Counsel	
  is	
  in	
  the	
  process	
  of	
  compiling	
  briefs	
  in	
  the	
  following	
  

matters:	
  	
  James	
  Garza	
  v.	
  The	
  State	
  of	
  Texas,	
  Cause	
  No.	
  04-­‐15-­‐000456-­‐CR	
  

and	
  Richard	
  Longoria	
  v.	
  The	
  State	
  of	
  Texas,	
  Cause	
  No.	
  13-­‐15-­‐00173-­‐CR.	
  
	
                                          The	
  undersigned	
  is	
  also	
  in	
  the	
  process	
  of	
  compiling	
  a	
  Petition	
  for	
  

Discretionary	
  Review	
  in	
  the	
  case	
  of	
  Alvin	
  Valadez	
  v.	
  The	
  State	
  of	
  Texas,	
  

Cause	
  No.	
  04-­‐1400626-­‐CR.	
  

	
                                          	
                                           	
                                          	
                                           	
                                          	
                         	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              D.	
  

	
                                          The	
  record	
  of	
  the	
  instant	
  case	
  has	
  been	
  obtained	
  from	
  the	
  office	
  of	
  

the	
  Clerk	
  and	
  a	
  review	
  of	
  that	
  record	
  has	
  been	
  undertaken.	
  

	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  E.	
  

	
                                          The	
  undersigned	
  is	
  also	
  in	
  the	
  process	
  of	
  compiling	
  a	
  proposed	
  

order	
  on	
  the	
  post-­‐conviction	
  writ	
  of	
  habeas	
  corpus	
  in	
  the	
  case	
  of	
  Ex	
  

Parte	
  Denise	
  Crouch,	
  Cause	
  no.	
  08-­‐06-­‐9897-­‐1-­‐CR,	
  currently	
  pending	
  

before	
  the	
  38th	
  District	
  Court	
  for	
  Medina	
  County.	
  

	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	
  
                                                 	
  

                                                 	
  

                                                 	
  

                                                 	
  

                                                 PRAYER	
  

	
       Wherefore	
  premises	
  considered,	
  the	
  Appellee	
  would	
  request	
  a	
  

sixty	
  day	
  extension	
  of	
  time	
  file	
  the	
  brief	
  in	
  the	
  instant	
  case	
  until	
  October	
  

21,	
  2015.	
  

	
  

                                                                     Respectfully	
  submitted,	
  

                                                                     /S/_____________________________	
  

                                                                     Edward	
  F.	
  Shaughnessy,	
  III	
  
                                                                     Attorney	
  for	
  the	
  Appellee	
  
                                                                     206	
  East	
  Locust	
  Street	
  
                                                                     San	
  Antonio,	
  Texas	
  78212	
  
                                                                     SBN:	
  18134500	
  
                                                                     Phone:	
  (210)	
  212-­‐6700	
  
                                                                     Fax:	
  (210)	
  212-­‐2178	
  
                                                                     Shaughnessy727@gmail.com	
  
	
  
                                                           	
  
                                                           	
  
                                                           	
  
                                                           	
  
                                                           	
  
                                                           	
  
                                                           	
  
                                                           	
  
                                  CERTIFICATE	
  OF	
  SERVICE	
  
                                                            	
  
	
     I	
  hereby	
  certify	
  that	
  a	
  copy	
  of	
  the	
  instant	
  motion	
  was	
  served	
  upon	
  
David	
   Schulman,	
   attorney	
   for	
   the	
   appellant	
   by	
   e-­‐mailing	
   the	
   motion	
   to	
  
zdrdavida@davidschulman.com	
  on	
  this	
  the	
  29th	
  day	
  of	
  September,	
  2015.	
  
	
  
/S/____________________________	
  
Edward	
  F.	
  Shaughnessy,	
  III	
  
Attorney	
  for	
  the	
  Appellant