Christopher Steven McGuire v. The State of TexasAppeal from Criminal District Court No. 4 of Dallas County (memorandum opinion )

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Affirmed as Modified; Opinion Filed July 28, 2014. In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-13-01225-CR CHRISTOPHER STEVEN MCGUIRE, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 4 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F11-34679-H MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Lang, Myers, and Brown Opinion by Justice Lang Christopher Steven McGuire appeals from the adjudication of his guilt for aggravated robbery. In two issues, appellant contends the trial court failed to consider the full range of punishment and the judgment should be modified to correctly reflect his plea to the motion to adjudicate. We modify the trial court s judgment and affirm as modified. Appellant waived a jury and pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, a firearm. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 29.03 (West 2011). The trial court deferred adjudicating guilt and placed appellant on ten years community supervision. The State later moved to adjudicate guilt, alleging appellant violated condition (a) by committing a driving while license invalid offense, condition (d) by failing to report, condition (h) by failing to pay court costs, condition (j) by failing to pay community supervision fees, and condition (n) by failing to pay urinalysis fees. Appellant pleaded not true to violating condition (d) and pleaded true to the remaining four violations. The trial court found all of the allegations true, adjudicated appellant guilty, and sentenced him to ten years imprisonment. In his first issue, appellant contends he was deprived of his rights to due process and due course of law in violation of the United States and Texas Constitutions. Appellant asserts the trial court failed to consider the full range of punishment options when it predetermined that appellant would receive a prison sentence. The State responds that appellant failed to preserve his complaint for appellate review and alternatively, the record does not show the trial court violated appellant constitutional rights. A court denies due process and due course of law if it arbitrarily refuses to consider the entire range of punishment for an offense or refuses to consider the evidence and imposes a predetermined punishment. Teixeira v. State, 89 S.W.3d 190, 192 (Tex. App. Texarkana 2002, pet. ref d). Such a complaint is not preserved for review unless a timely objection is raised. Washington v. State, 71 S.W.3d 498, 499 500 (Tex. App. Tyler 2002, no pet.); TEX. R. APP. P. 33.1(a)(1). No objection was made to the trial court; thus, the complaint was waived. We decide against appellant in his first issue. In his second issue, appellant contends the judgment should be modified to reflect he pleaded not true to allegation (d) in the motion to adjudicate. The State agrees that the judgment should be modified as appellant requests. Appellant pleaded not true to violating condition (d) and pleaded true to violating conditions (a), (h), (j), and (n). The judgment, however, reflects appellant pleaded true to all of -2- the allegations in the motion to adjudicate. Thus, the judgment is incorrect. We decide in appellant s favor on his second issue. We modify the trial court s judgment to show appellant pleaded not true to condition (d) and true to conditions (a), (h), (j), (n). See TEX. R. APP. P. 43.2(b); Bigley v. State, 865 S.W.2d 26, 27 28 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993); Asberry v. State, 813 S.W.2d 526, 529 30 (Tex. App. Dallas 1991, pet. ref d). As modified, we affirm the trial court s judgment. / Douglas S. Lang/ DOUGLAS S. LANG JUSTICE Do Not Publish TEX. R. APP. P. 47 131225F.U05 -3- Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT CHRISTOPHER STEVEN MCGUIRE, Appellant No. 05-13-01225-CR Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 4 of Dallas County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. F11-34679-H). Opinion delivered by Justice Lang, Justices Myers and Brown participating. V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee Based on the Court s opinion of this date, the trial court s judgment is MODIFIED as follows: The section entitled Plea to Motion to Adjudicate is modified to show Not True, Condition (d); True Conditions (a), (h), (j), (n). As modified, we AFFIRM the trial court s judgment. Judgment entered July 28, 2014. -4-

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