Pridgen, Robert Lynn

PD-0186-15 FILED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS COURT OF CRIMINALAPPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS APRIL 13, 2015 Transmitted 4/7/2015 12:33:28 PM Accepted 4/13/2015 2:15:31 PM ABELACOSTA, CLERK ABEL ACOSTA No. PD-0186-15 CLERK ROBERT LYNN PRIDGEN, IN THE COURT OF Petitioner, CRIMINAL APPEALS VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS § AUSTIN, TEXAS PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW To the Honorable Court of Criminal Appeals: Robert L. Pridgen, Petitioner, respectfully asks the Court for leave to amend his petition for discretionary review (PDR) to correct errors in the appendix. The PDR was filed on time yesterday, April 6. The appendix to the PDR contains photographs excluded from trial. (The photos are sexually explicit; Pridgen requests that the PDR not be publicly filed.) Pridgen respectfully asks the Court to accept and file the amended PDR submitted with this motion. The PDR itself is unchanged. The only changes were in the appendix: • Correction of one typographical error (identity of one person in photo was misstated); Pridgen v. State, No. PD-0186-15 Pridgen's Motion for Leave to Amend PDR Page 1 of3 • Addition of cover sheets A-l and A-2 to precede and separate the two appendix items; ® Ehmination of unnecessary text to the A-2 photographs. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Mr. Pridgen's counsel respectfully asks the Court to grant leave to amend his petition for discretionary review. Respectfully submitted this 7 of April 2015, By:^ JAMES W, VOLBERDING SEN: 00786313 100 E. Ferguson Street Suite 500 Tyler, Texas 75702 (903) 597-6622 (866) 398-6883 (Fax) e-mail: jamesvolherding@gmail.com Attorney for Petitioner, Mr. Robert Lynn Pridgen CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this pleading has been delivered this 7 day of April 2015 to: Anderson Co. District Attorney Courthouse 500 North Church Street Palestine, TX 75801 Pridgen v. State, No. PD-0186-15 Pridgen's Motion for Leave to Amend PDR Page 2 of 3 by the following means: By U.S. Postal Service Certified Mail, R.R.R. _X By First Class U.S. Mail By Special Courier By Hand Delivery By Fax before 5 p.m. to (903) 723-7818 By Fax after 5 p.m. By email. JAMES W. VOLBERDING Pridgen v. State, No. PD-0186-15 Pridgen's Motion for Leave to Amend PDR Page 3 of 3