ACCEPTED 01-14-00748-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/17/2015 9:30:15 AM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK No. 01-14-00748-CR In the FILED IN Court of Appeals 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS For the 4/17/2015 9:30:15 AM First Judicial District of Texas CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE At Houston Clerk

 No. 1315689 In the 183rd District Court of Harris County, Texas  JAMES LEE SKINNER Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS Appellee  STATE’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME IN WHICH TO FILE APPELLATE BRIEF  TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS: COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, in accordance with Rules 10.1(a) 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: 1. In the 183rd District Court of Harris County, Texas, in State v. James Lee Skinner, Cause Numbers 1315689, appellant was charged with possession of methamphetamine, between 4 and 400 grams, with intent to deliver.

2. The court sentenced appellant to 10 years deferred adjudication.

3. The State’s brief is due on April 17, 2015.

5. An extension of time in which to file the State’s brief is requested until May 18, 2015.

6. No previous extension has been requested by the State.

7. The facts relied upon to explain the need for this extension are: a) The undersigned attorney was assigned this case on April 13, 2015.

b) The undersigned attorney recently finished writing the State’s briefs in the following case: (1) Cause Number 14-14-00473-CR, Jimmy Earl Van-Cleave, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee, which involves three points of error and three volumes of the reporter’s record and that was filed on April 3, 2015; (2) and Cause Number 14-14-00910-CR, Ex parte Erik Montes de Oca-Orozco, which involved two points of error and one volume of the reporter’s record and that was filed on April 15, 2015.

c) The undersigned attorney was also recently preparing for oral argument in Cause Number 01-13-00931-CR, Melissa Dromgoole, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee, that was held on April 8, 2015. d) The undersigned attorney is also currently engaged in the preparation of the State’s Brief in the following appellate cause numbers: (1) Cause Number 14-14-00874-CR, Charles Roberts, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee, which involves three points of error and seven volumes of the reporter’s record; and (2) Cause Number 01-14-00900-CR, Felicity Burris, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee, which involves one points of error and one volume of the reporter’s record.

WHEREFORE, the State prays that this Court will grant an extension of time until May 18, 2015 in which to file the State’s brief in this case.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Carly Dessauer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CARLY DESSAUER Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 755-5826 State Bar No. 24069083 [email protected] CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing instrument will be served to appellant’s attorney on April 17, 2015 through TexFile:

Norman J. Silverman Attorney at Law Franklin, 4th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 [email protected] /s/ Carly Dessauer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CARLY DESSAUER Assistant District Attorney Harris County, Texas 1201 Franklin, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 755-5826 State Bar No. 24069083 [email protected] [email protected] Date: April 17, 2015