Denzel Earl McGee v. State ( 2015 )

ACCEPTED
14-14-00494-CR
FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS
HOUSTON, TEXAS
3/2/2015 10:18:44 AM
CHRISTOPHER PRINE
CLERK
No. 14-14-00494-CR
In the FILED IN
14th COURT OF APPEALS
Court of Appeals HOUSTON, TEXAS
For the 3/2/2015 10:18:44 AM
Fourteenth District of Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE
Clerk
At Houston
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No. 1342932
In the 337th Criminal District Court
Of Harris County, Texas
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DENZEL EARL McGEE
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
Appellee
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STATE’S SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
IN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF
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TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS:
COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, in accordance with Rules
10.5(b)(1) and 38.6(d) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and files this
motion for extension of time in which to file the State’s brief in this case, and, in
support thereof, presents the following:
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1. In the 337th Criminal District Court of Harris County, Texas, in cause
number 1342932, appellant was convicted of murder in The State of Texas
v. Denzel Earl McGee.
2. On June 18, 2014, the trial court sentenced appellant to confinement in the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division,
for seventy years, consistent with the jury’s assessment of punishment.
3. On June 18, 2014, appellant timely written notice of appeal.
4. Appellant filed his appellate brief with this Court on December 29, 2014.
5. The State’s appellate brief is due on March 2, 2015.
6. This is the State’s second request for an extension.
7. An extension of time in which to file the State’s appellate brief is requested
until April 2, 2015.
8. The facts relied upon to explain the need for this extension are:
During the time in which the undersigned attorney has been
researching and preparing the State’s appellate brief for this case,
she was also researching and preparing the State’s appellate briefs
in the following cases assigned that are also to her:
i. Ex parte Riku Melartin; No. 14-14-00926-CR
ii. Ex parte Juan Raul Rojas; No. 14-14-00781-CR
iii. Jacinto Urapo v. State of Texas, No. 14-14-00752-CR
iv. Approximately $31,421.00 v. State of Texas, No. 14-14-
00385-CV
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v. Rodashian Degar v. State of Texas, No. 01-14-00660-CR
Consequently, the undersigned attorney has been unable to complete
the State’s reply brief in this case in the time permitted despite due
diligence, and the requested extension of time is necessary to permit
the undersigned attorney to adequately investigate, complete, and
file the State’s appellate brief for this cause.
9. The State’s motion is not for purposes of delay, but so that justice may be
done.
WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant an extension of
time until April 2, 2015, for the undersigned attorney to complete and file the
State’s appellate brief in this case.
Respectfully submitted,
/S/ Melissa Hervey
MELISSA P. HERVEY
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
State Bar No. 24053741
1201 Franklin Street, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone (713) 755-5826
Fax (713) 755-5809
Hervey_Melissa@dao.hctx.net
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that the undersigned counsel has directed the e-filing
system eFile.TXCourts.gov to serve a true and correct copy of the foregoing
document upon Crespin Linton, appellant’s attorney of record on appeal, on
March 2, 2015, at the following e-mail address, through the electronic service
system provided by eFile.TXCourts.gov:
crespin@hal-pc.org
/S/ Melissa Hervey
MELISSA P. HERVEY
Assistant District Attorney
Harris County, Texas
State Bar Number: 24053741
1201 Franklin Street, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone (713) 755-5826
Fax (713) 755-5809
Hervey_Melissa@dao.hctx.net
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