*1 PD-0186-15 FILED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS COURT OF CRIMINALAPPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 4/7/2015 12:33:28 PM APRIL 13, 2015 Accepted 4/13/2015 2:15:31 PM ABEL ACOSTA ABELACOSTA, CLERK No. PD-0186-15 CLERK ROBERT LYNN PRIDGEN, IN THE COURT OF
Petitioner,
CRIMINAL APPEALS VS. § AUSTIN, TEXAS
THE STATE OF 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);
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• 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
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