IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NOS. PD-0666-20 & PD-0667-20

THOMAS ELIJAH ATKINS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS EASTLAND COUNTY

YEARY, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which SLAUGHTER, J., joined.

DISSENTING OPINION

For the reasons set out in my dissenting opinion in Dulin v. State, ___ S.W.3d ___, Nos. PD-0856-19 & PD-1857-19, 2021 WL 1202400 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 31, 2021), I respectfully dissent to the Court’s disposition of the State’s petition for discretionary review.

FILED: May 12, 2021 DO NOT PUBLISH