Seals, Ronald Clyde

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. PD-0678-04

RONALD CLYDE SEALS, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

FROM THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS

COLLIN COUNTY

Cochran, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Johnson and Holcomb, JJ., joined.

O P I N I O N

I respectfully dissent. I think that the court of appeals got it exactly right. (1) "Common sense often makes good law." (2) The evidence in this case showed that the blood-methamphetamine mixture in the vial found by appellant's bed is "waste" product. It is not a mixture in which adulterants or dilutants have…