Thornton, Gregory

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0669-13 GREGORY THORNTON, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE SEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS LUBBOCK COUNTY A LCALA , J., filed a dissenting opinion in which M EYERS, J OHNSON, and C OCHRAN, JJ., joined. DISSENTING OPINION I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion’s holding that the judgment in this case should be reformed from tampering with physical evidence to a criminal attempt to commit that offense. Although I recognize that criminal attempt is, as a matter of law, characterized as a…