Collier, Randy Deshawn

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 6, 2009
• Docket: PD-0758-08
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-0758-08

RANDY DESHAWN COLLIER, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE ELEVENTH COURT OF APPEALS TAYLOR COUNTY

P ER C URIAM. H ERVEY, and C OCHRAN, J.J., dissent.

OPINION

The appellant was prosecuted for the offense of tampering with physical evidence,

under Section 37.09(a)(1) of the Penal Code.1 The indictment alleged that the appellant

See T EX. P ENAL C ODE § 37.09(a)(1) (“A person commits an offense if, knowing that an investigation or official proceeding is pending or in progress, he . . . alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceeding[.]”). Collier — 2

altered, destroyed, or concealed cocaine with intent to impair its availability as evidence, by

chewing it. In a published opinion, the Eastland Court of Appeals held that the evidence was

sufficient to show that the appellant concealed the cocaine in his mouth and that he chewed

it.2 Although we granted the appellant’s petition for discretionary review to examine this

holding, on closer inspection we have determined that our decision to grant was improvident.

We therefore dismiss the appellant’s petition.

Delivered: May 6, 2009 Publish

Collier v. State, 254 S.W.3d 576 (Tex.App.—Eastland 2008).