ACCEPTED 01-15-00666-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 12/4/2015 1:01:58 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK CAUSE NO. 01-15-00666-CR ROBERT LEE BURNETT § INFILED THEINFIRST 1st COURT OF APPEALS § HOUSTON, TEXAS V. § COURT OF 1:01:58 12/4/2015 APPEALSPM § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE THE STATE OF TEXAS § HOUSTON, Clerk TEXAS THIRD UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE APPELLANT’S BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT: ROBERT LEE BURNETT, Appellant in the above referenced cause, files this, his Second Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant’s Brief, pursuant to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and would show as follows: 1. This is an appeal from the 506th Judicial District Court of Grimes County, Texas. The trial court cause assigned this matter Cause Number 17,685. 2. Appellant respectfully requests a seven (7) day extension, until December 14, 2015, in which to file his Appellant’s Brief. This is Appellant’s third request for an extension of time in which to file his brief. 3. In this cause, a jury convicted BURNETT of failure to comply with registration requirements. The Trial Court subsequently sentenced him to sixty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 4. The trial court filed the clerk’s record with the Court on August 4, 2015. 5. Appellant’s brief is due on Monday, December 7, 2015. 6. On November 16, 2015, the undersigned completed and filed one of the parent’s briefs in Case No. 14-15-00644-CV; In the Interest of M.G., B.G., M.S.G., and A.Z.; in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Houston, Texas, the involuntary termination of parental rights case referenced in the Appellant’s second unopposed motion for an extension. Since that filing, the undersigned has been working to finish reading the reporter’s record in the instant matter as well as conducting the legal research necessary to complete Appellant’s brief. Moreover, several matters which the undersigned had “put-off” while completing the aforementioned brief needed the undersigned’s time and attention over the last two weeks. Accordingly, good cause exists for the short, seven (7) day, extension sought herein. 7. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant prays that this Court grant this motion for an extension of time. Respectfully submitted, CLOVER & MARAK PLLC By: /s/ Joshua S. Clover Joshua S. Clover State Bar No. 24045668 josh@clovermarak.com P.O. Box 2548 Brenham, Texas 77834 979-836-7733 888-227-1147 (fax) ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT 2 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I certify that today, December 4, 2015, I conferred with counsel for the State who indicated he was unopposed to the extension of time requested in this motion. /s/ Joshua S. Clover Joshua S. Clover CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Third Unopposed Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant’s Brief has been served to all counsel of record in the manner indicated below on this the 4th day of December, 2015: Via Facsimile: (936) 873-2688 Tuck McLain District Attorney Grimes County P.O. Box 599 Anderson, Texas 77830 /s/ Joshua S. Clover Joshua S. Clover 3