ACCEPTED 14-15-00560-CR FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 12/17/2015 2:57:53 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK NO. 14-15-00560-CR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN 14th COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE HOUSTON, TEXAS FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS 12/17/2015 2:57:53 PM HOUSTON, TEXAS CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk

RUSSELL LEONARD § APPELLANT § V. § § THE STATE OF TEXAS § APPELLEE

APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT AT LAW NO. 12 HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS TRIAL COURT CAUSE NO. 1949831

APPELLANT’S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE BRIEF

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF SAID COURT: RUSSELL LEONARD, Appellant, pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 10.5(b), submits this motion to extend time to file brief. For good cause, Appellant shows: I.

Appellant’s brief is currently due on December 23, 2015. Appellant asks this Court to extend the deadline for filing this brief 30 days to January 22, 2016.

II.

Appellant’s counsel is a solo practitioner who, in the last 30 days, has worked on the following appellate cause: Strimban v. State, 14-15-00251-CR, motion for rehearing due on December 23, 2015 in this Court. Counsel also prepared for and completed a jury trial in State v. Kendell Kerns, cause no. 2029710, in the County Criminal Court at Law No. 5, Harris County, Texas from December 15-16, 2015.

III.

This Court has previously granted Appellant one extension of time for filing his brief. This motion is not made for delay, but to see that justice is done.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Matthew J. DeLuca Matthew J. DeLuca State Bar No. 24069601 Main Street, Suite 2450 Houston, Texas 77002 Tel: (713) 429-4400 Fax: (713) 228-2366 [email protected] CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a true and correct copy of this motion was served on the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, by e-service.

/s/ Matthew J. DeLuca Matthew J. DeLuca