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c o u rt d id n ot e x e rt u n d ue i n f l u e n ce on t he h o l d o ut j u r or in m a k i ng t he s t a t e m e nt it d i d.

T he n e xt l e v el to y o ur a p p e al w o u ld be to t he C o u rt of C r i m i n al A p p e a ls in A u s t i n, T e x a s. T he C o u rt of C r i m i n al A p p e a ls is n ot r e q u i r ed to h e ar a p p e a l s, u n l i ke t he T w e l f th

C o u rt of A p p e a l s. T he C o u rt of C r i m i n al A p p e a ls h as d i s c r e t i o n a ry r e v i ew a u t h o r i ty in

c r i m i n al c a s e s. S h o u ld y ou d e c i de to p r o c e ed to t he n e xt l e v el of a p p e al in y o ur c a s e,

t h e r e f o r e, y ou w o u ld n e ed to f i le a P e t i t i on f or D i s c r e t i o n a ry R e v i ew ( P D R) w i t h in t h i r ty

d a ys of t he d a te of t he o p i n i on of t he T w e l f th C o u rt of A p p e a ls p u r s u a nt to T e x as R u le of

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d ue to be f i l ed w i th t he T w e l f th C o u rt of A p p e a ls no l a t er t h an t h i r ty ( 3 0) d a ys f r om t h is d a t e. T he T w e l f th C o u rt of A p p e a ls w o u ld f o r w a rd a ny P DR

to t he C o u rt of C r i m i n al A p p e a l s. T he a d d r e ss to t he T w e t f th C o u rt of A p p e a ls is 1 5 17 W e st F r o nt S t r e e t, S u i te

3 5 4, T y l e r, T e x as 7 5 7 0 2. I do n ot f e el t h at g r o u n ds e x i st j u s t i f y i ng t he f i l i ng of a P DR in

y o ur c a s e, b e c a u se of t he r e a s o ns we h a ve d i s c u s s e d, a nd w h i le I d i s a g r ee w i th t he

C o u r t 's r u l i n g, t h ey c o n s i d e r ed d e c i s i o n. S h o u ld y ou f e el o t h e n w i s e, it w o u ld be up to y ou to d r a ft a nd f i le t he P DR t i m e ly m a n n e r. t he e v i d e n ce in a t h o r o u gh m a n n er in r e a c h i ng t h e ir

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