PD-0730-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS June 18, 2015 Transmitted 6/15/2015 4:24:17 PM Accepted 6/18/2015 9:51:53 AM ABEL ACOSTA No. 02-14-00179-CR CLERK IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

DALLAS CARL TATE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Appeal from Montague County

* * * * * STATE’S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING ITS PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW * * * * * Lisa C. McMinn State Prosecuting Attorney Bar I.D. No. 13803300 John R. Messinger Asst. State Prosecuting Attorney Bar I.D. No. 24053705 P. O. Box 13046 Austin, Texas 78711 512/463-1660 (Telephone) 512/463-5724 (Fax) TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS: Comes now the State of Texas, by and through its State Prosecuting Attorney, and respectfully submits to the Court its motion to extend the time for filing its petition for discretionary review to and including the 29th day of June, 2015. The court of appeals’s opinion was not forwarded to this office until two weeks after it was issued, and the additional time requested will provide the full thirty days to complete the petition. No previous motions to extend this deadline have been filed.

WHEREFORE, the State prays that its motion to extend the time for filing its petition until June 29, 2015, be granted.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ John R. Messinger JOHN R. MESSINGER Assistant State Prosecuting Attorney Bar I.D. No. 24053705 P.O. Box 13046 Austin, Texas 78711 512/463-1660 (Telephone) 512/463-5724 (Fax)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE A copy of the foregoing State’s Motion to Extend the Time for Filing its Petition for Discretionary Review has been e-filed or e-mailed on this the 15th day of June, 2015 to: Zachary Renfro Special Prosecutor Clay St. Nocona, Texas 76255 [email protected] Paige Williams District Attorney P.O. Box 55 Montague, Texas 76251 [email protected] Lynn Switzer P.O. Box 2040 N. Grand Ave., Suite 108 Gainesville, Texas 76241 [email protected] /s/ John R. Messinger John R. Messinger Assistant State Prosecuting Attorney