Salinas v. Texas (original by judge johnson)
Annotate this CaseA Harris County jury convicted Appellant Orlando Salinas of causing injury to an elderly individual, for which he was sentenced to five years in prison. After sentencing appellant, the trial court assessed a consolidated court cost of $133 pursuant to Texas Local Government Code section 133.102. Relying on this Court’s decision in "Ex parte Carson," (159 S.W.2d 126 (Tex. Crim. App. 1942)), appellant argued that the consolidated court cost of Tex. Local Gov’t Code section 133.102 was a tax and is therefore unconstitutional. The trial court overruled appellant’s objection. On appeal, the court of appeals considered appellant’s complaints about two evidentiary issues and his challenge to the constitutionality of the consolidated court costs and affirmed the trial court’s judgment. In appellant’s petition for discretionary appeal, he raised only the challenge to the constitutionality of the consolidated court costs. After review, the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judgment of the court of appeals and remanded the case to that court so that it could consider appellant’s claim of facial un
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.