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 C OCHRAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which M EYERS and J OHNSON, JJ., joined. DISSENTING O P I N I O N I respectfully dissent. Appellant was undeniably guilty of the Class C misdemeanor of possession of drug paraphernalia. Little did he know that, by clumsily trying to abandon his crack pipe, he was setting himself up for a third-degree felony conviction for tampering with evidence, and,…