MANUEL SANTOS MARTINEZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)

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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1078-13 MANUEL SANTOS MARTINEZ, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON STATE S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY Per curiam. OPINION Appellant was initially placed on deferred adjudication probation. When his guilt was adjudicated, he was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance and sentenced to 35 years in prison. On appeal, he argued, among other things, that the evidence was insufficient to support the $350 in court costs assessed against him in the judgment. The Court of Appeals MARTINEZ - 2 agreed and modified the judgment to reflect $219 in court costs. Martinez v. State, No. 0112-00361-CR, 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 9343 (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] July 30, 2013). The State has filed a petition for discretionary review of this decision. We recently handed down our opinion in Johnson v. State, No. PD-0193-13, 2014 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 240 (Tex. Crim. App. February 26, 2014), in which we set forth a roadmap for resolving questions regarding court costs. See also Cardenas v. State, No. PD-0733-13, 2014 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 236 (Tex. Crim. App. February 26, 2014); Perez v. State, No. PD0498-13, 2014 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 269 (Tex. Crim. App. March 12, 2014). The Court of Appeals in the instant case did not have the benefit of our opinions in Johnson and Perez. Accordingly, we grant the State s petition for discretionary review, vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remand this case to the Court of Appeals in light of our opinions in Johnson and Perez. We also this day refuse Appellant s petition for discretionary review in this case. No motion for rehearing will be entertained. Delivered: April 16, 2014 Do Not Publish

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