PD-0230-15 PD-0230-15 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 3/18/2015 3:59:54 PM Accepted 3/19/2015 9:53:29 AM ABEL ACOSTA MICHEAL B. MURRAY CLERK DISTRICT ATTORNEY 35TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS BROWN AND MILLS COUNTIES CHRIS BROWN S. BROADWAY, COURTHOUSE FIRST ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROWNWOOD, TEXAS 76801 (325) 646-0444 FAX: (325) 643-4053 ELISHA BIRD ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY J. CHRISTINA NELSON ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY

March 18, 2015 The Court of Criminal Appeals Supreme Court Building West 14th Street, Room 106 March 19, 2015 Austin, Texas 78701 Re: Robert Thornburgh, PD-0230-15 To the Honorable Court of Criminal Appeals: The State has received Robert Thornburgh Jr.’s Petition for Discretionary Review. In lieu of filing a formal response, the State would simply ask this Court to refuse to review this case because Petitioner has failed to provide an appropriate reason for review under Rule 66.3 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. As this Court is aware, refusal of a petition for discretionary review does not constitute endorsement or adoption of the reasoning employed by the court of appeals. Aguilar v. State, 830 S.W.2d 612, 613 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992) (en banc).

Should this Court choose to grant review, the State requests notice and time to respond to the merits of the claims presented by Petitioner.

Sincerely yours,

/S/ Elisha Bird Elisha Bird Assistant District Attorney cc: Erika Copeland, Attorney for Petitioner, [email protected]