Court Opinion

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ACCEPTED
                                                                                       06-14-00220-CR
                                                                            SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                  TEXARKANA, TEXAS
                                                                                 6/24/2015 10:07:59 AM
                                                                                      DEBBIE AUTREY
                                                                                                CLERK

                              NO. 06-14-00220-CR
                                                                      FILED IN
                                                               6th COURT OF APPEALS
SHAHID KARRIEM ANSARI, III                §   IN THE             TEXARKANA, TEXAS
                                          §                    6/24/2015 10:07:59 AM
VS.                                       §   6TH COURT             DEBBIE AUTREY
                                          §                             Clerk
STATE OF TEXAS                            §   OF APPEALS

      MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT'S BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT:

      Now comes Shahid Karriem Ansari III, Appellant in the above styled and

numbered cause, and moves this Court to grant an extension of time to file

appellant's brief, pursuant to Rule 38.6 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,

and for good cause shows the following:

      1.    This case is on appeal from the 354TH Judicial District Court of Hunt

County, Texas.

      2.    The case below was styled the STATE OF TEXAS vs. Shahid

Karriem Ansari III, and numbered 27,739.

      3.    Appellant was convicted of Burglary of a Habitation.

      4.    Appellant was assessed a sentence of 7 years on November 20, 2014.

      5.    Notice of appeal was given on November 26, 2014.

      6.    The clerk's record was filed on March 26, 2015; the reporter's record

was filed on May 21, 2015.
       7.    The appellate brief is presently due on June 22, 2015.

       8.    Appellant requests an extension of time of 30 days from the present

date, i.e. July 22, 2015.

       9.    No extension to file the brief has been received in this cause.

       10.   Defendant is currently incarcerated.

       11.   Appellant relies on the following facts as good cause for the requested

extension:

       Appellant’s attorney, Jason A. Duff has begun a review the several volumes

in the reporter’s record and the clerk’s record the record; however, Appellant’s

counsel requests additional time to sufficiently develop the arguments material to

the brief.

       Counsel is also appointed in:

       James Wayne Walsh v. The State of Texas, Appellate Case Number: 06-14-

00059-CR with a brief Due also on July 1, 2015.

       Mark Eugene Engle v. The State of Texas, Appellate Case Number: 06-14-

00239-CR with a brief Due also on July 1, 2015.

       Pamela Diane Contreras v. The State of Texas, Appellate Case Number: 05-

15-00544-CR.

       Charles Francis Williams v. The State of Texas, Appellate Cause Numbers:

06-15-00030-CR and 06-15-00031.
      Counsel prepared for and represented his client in for a Temporary

Restraining Order Hearing gin Cause No. 76,055 in the 354th Judicial District of

Hunt County.

      Counsel prepared for and represented his clients for a Final Trial of two

related Termination of Parental rights cases in In the Interest of J.N. and J.N. in

Cause No 81,156 in the 196th District Court and In the Interest of J.F., J.L and J.N.

in Cause No 80,884 in the 196th District Court on May 28, 2015 which was

continued and contested for the entire day of June 19, 2015.

      Counsel prepared for and will represent his clients in Adversarial hearings in

Hunt County Child Protection Court for Northeast Texas #2 on June 26, 2015 and

on July 1, 2015 in several separate cases.

      WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this

Court grant this Motion To Extend Time to File Appellant's Brief, and for such

other and further relief as the Court may deem appropriate.

                                       Respectfully submitted,

                                       JASON A DUFF
                                       2615 Lee St.
                                       P.O. Box 11
                                       GREENVILLE, TX 75069
                                       Tel: 903.455.1991
                                       Fax: 903.455.1417

                                       By: /s/ Jason A. Duff
                                         Jason A. Duff
                                         State Bar No. 24059696
                                         jasonaduff@hotmail.com
                                         Attorney for Shahid Karriem Ansari III

                        CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

      This is to certify that on June 23, 2015, a true and correct copy of the above

and foregoing document was served on the District Attorney's Office, Hunt

County, by electronic service through the Electronic Filing Manager.

                                          /s/ Jason A. Duff
                                      Jason A. Duff