ACCEPTED 06-15-00154-CR SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS TEXARKANA, TEXAS 11/18/2015 3:21:34 PM DEBBIE AUTREY CLERK No. 06-15-000154-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FILED IN 6th COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TEXARKANA, TEXAS 11/18/2015 3:21:34 PM SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS DEBBIE AUTREY Clerk

ARTIS LADELL WILLIAMS, Appellant VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

APPEALED FROM THE 71ST DISTRICT COURT HARRISON COUNTY, TEXAS CAUSE NO. 15-0053X

MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS

COKE SOLOMON CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY HARRISON COUNTY, TEXAS P.O. BOX 776 MARSHALL, TEXAS 75671 (903) 935-4840 BY: LAURA M. CARPENTER ASSISTANT CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY BAR #08618050 [email protected] ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS: COMES NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee herein, and pursuant to Rule 10.5 (b), TEX.R.APP.PROC., and pursuant to the extension policies of this Court, makes this request to extend filing the brief in this cause and would show as follows:

I.

The deadline for filing Appellee’s brief is November 18, 2105.

II.

Appellee requests an addition seven (7) days in which to complete the brief.

III.

Appellee’s brief was almost completed for submission on November 17, 2015, when the courthouse and surrounding areas in Marshall experienced a significant power outage. After the power was restored, the files for Appellee’s brief and research were compromised to the point of needing additional time to reconstruct the brief.

III.

With a grant of an additional seven (7) days Appellee will be able to have the brief rewritten and submitted to the Court.

IV.

There has previously been no motion filed for extension of time, or grants of time extended to Appellee, for the filing of Appellee’s brief.

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee, respectfully requests that this Honorable Court of Appeals will, upon reviewing this Motion, grant the extension of time for filing Appellee’s brief as requested herein, and for such other relief to which Appellee may be entitled.

.

Respectfully Submitted Coke Solomon Criminal District Attorney Harrison County, Texas

By: /s/___Laura M. Carpenter Laura M. Carpenter, Assistant District Attorney Bar Card #08618050

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Appellee’s Brief has been faxed to the attorney for Appellant, Ebb Mobley, this 18th day of November, 2015.

At 903-753-8289.

/s/___Laura M. Carpenter