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DO NOT PUBLISH