Joshua Brown-Brannen v. The State of Texas Appeal from 100th District Court of Childress County (memorandum opinion by chief justice quinn)
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In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-16-00176-CR JOSHUA RAY BROWN-BRANNON, APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE On Appeal from the 100th District Court Childress County, Texas Trial Court No. 5809, Honorable Stuart Messer, Presiding November 3, 2016 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ. Joshua Ray Brown-Brannon appeals his conviction for possessing a controlled substance. Through his two issues, appellant contends that because the trial court did not assess a fine of $2000 or restitution of $180 during its oral pronouncement of the sentence, it erred by including both in its written judgment. Consequently, the judgment should be modified "to delete" the fine and restitution. The State agrees. When there exists a conflict between the oral pronouncement of a sentence and the written judgment, the oral pronouncement controls. Burt v. State, 445 S.W.3d 752, 757 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). Because the oral pronouncement of the sentence mentioned nothing of a $2000 fine or restitution of $180, it was improper to assess them in the written judgment. Accordingly, we modify the judgment and redact from it reference to the assessment of a $2000 fine and $180 in restitution. As modified, the judgment is affirmed. Brian Quinn Chief Justice Do not publish. 2
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