ACCEPTED 06-17-00179-CR SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 1/30/2018 10:49 AM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK No. 06-17-00179-CR FILED IN 6th COURT OF APPEALS IN THE TEXARKANA, TEXAS 1/30/2018 10:49:10 AM COURT OF APPEALS DEBBIE AUTREY OF THE Clerk SIXTH SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT CORY DON CROSBY Appellant v. STATE OF TEXAS Appellee APPEAL FROM THE 52ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF CORYELL COUNTY, TEXAS TRIAL COURT CAUSE NUMBER: 23730 STATE’S FIRST MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF CHARLES KARAKASHIAN, JR. SPECIAL PROSECUTOR 52ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT STATE BAR NO. 11095700 P.O. Box 929 Gatesville, Texas 76528 (254) 865-5911 (254) 865-5147 – Facsimile E-Mail: ckarakashian@aol.com January 30, 2018 MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: Comes now, the State of Texas, by and through her Special Prosecutor for the 52nd Judicial District, and requests that this Honorable Court extend the time to file a brief for the State, pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 10.5 and this court’s own local rules and in support hereof would show the Court as follows: I The State’s brief is currently due on February 1, 2018. Appellant’s brief was filed on January 2, 2018. II I was appointed as a special prosecutor on a part time basis to handle the appellate duties in this office. I was also appointed special prosecutor to represent the State of Texas and handle appeals for the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office. I am an adjunct professor of criminal justice and I am currently teaching spring classes at Hill College and Central Texas College. I also teach in the McClennan Community College’s Police Academy. I just completed a twenty-hour course of instruction in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure last week. I am diligently working on completing the State’s brief in Dickson v. State, No. 10-17-00257-CR. The State’s brief is due on February 15, 2018 in the Tenth Court of Appeals. I have had one previous extension in this case as it was originally due on January 16 and I need to file the State’s brief by February 15th. I recently completed and filed the State’s brief in Layfield v. State, No. 10-17-00164-CR in the Tenth Court of Appeals on January 15, 2018. I also filed the State’s Motion to Dismiss and State’s brief in Fielder v. State, Nos. 01-17-00121 CR, 01-17-00122-CR, & 01-17-00123-CR in the First Court of Appeals on January 4, 2018. Additionally, I prepare responses and proposed findings on post-conviction writs. II The State seeks a thirty (30) day extension of time in which to file its brief. III The undersigned special prosecutor has been able to obtain the record, but I have not had time to review it or adequately research the issues involved and file a brief. The additional time requested is not sought for delay but will be of genuine assistance to the State in preparing its brief. The State has not requested a previous extension in this matter. PRAYER WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the State of Texas respectfully requests that the deadline to file the brief be extended thirty (30) days to March 2, 2018. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Charles Karakashian, Jr. Charles Karakashian Jr. Special Prosecutor, 52nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office P. O. Box 919 Gatesville, TX 76528 254-865-5911, ext 2267 254-865-5147 (fax) State Bar No. 11095700 Certificate of Service I, Charles Karakashian Jr., hereby certify by my signature below that on January 30, 2018, the foregoing Motion for Extension of Time to File Brief was e- mailed to Counsel for Appellant, Mr. Stan Schwieger, attorney of record for Appellant, by electronic mail through the required e-filing service at wacocrimatty@yahoo.com. /s/ Charles Karakashian, Jr. Charles Karakashian Jr. Special Prosecutor