Roderick Dewayne Morris v. the State of Texas

ACCEPTED
05-25-00477-CR
FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS
DALLAS, TEXAS
8/22/2025 10:13 AM
RUBEN MORIN
CLERK

TO THE
COURT OF APPEALS
FIFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS FILED IN
5th COURT OF APPEALS
AT DALLAS DALLAS, TEXAS
8/22/2025 10:13:18 AM
Ruben Morin
Clerk
RODERICK DEWAYNE MORRIS, §
Appellant §
§ NO. 05-25-00477-CR
V. §
§
THE STATE OF TEXAS, §
Appellee §

APPELLANT’S MOTION TO EXTEND
TIME TO FILE BRIEF

COMES NOW RODERICK DEWAYNE MORRIS, moving the court to
extend the time to file his appellate brief, and would show in support as
follows:
1. The deadline to file the brief is August 25, 2025.
2. An extension of thirty days is requested.
3. No previous extensions have been granted.
4. This extension is requested because counsel has been out of the
office for most of the last two weeks. When he began reviewing the
record he found numerous significant and even unique legal issues
which cannot be properly researched and briefed in the time
remaining to file his brief.

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WHEREFORE, request is made that this Court extend the time to file
Brief of Appellant to and including September 24, 2025.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Robert T. Baskett
ROBERT T. BASKETT
SBN 01871000
12801 N. Central Expy., Suite 1400
Dallas, Texas 75243
(O) 214-965-0090
(F) 214-965-0097
(e) rtblaw@swbell.net

APPOINTED COUNSEL ON APPEAL

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify a true and correct copy hereof was served via Texas E-
file on the Dallas County District Attorney Appellate Division, 133 N.
Riverfront, Dallas, Texas, 75207, this the 22nd day of August, 2025.

/s/ Robert T. Baskett
ROBERT T. BASKETT

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Filing Code Description: Motion
Filing Description: Appellant's Motion to Extend Time to File Brief
Status as of 8/22/2025 10:26 AM CST

Case Contacts

Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status

Robert TBaskett rtblaw@swbell.net 8/22/2025 10:13:18 AM SENT

Dallas DA Appellate Section dcdaappeals@dallascounty.org 8/22/2025 10:13:18 AM SENT