Cheryle Taylor Wiggins v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 31, 2010
• Docket: 02-09-00345-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

                                                COURT OF APPEALS

                                                 SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                                FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-09-345-CR

CHERYLE TAYLOR WIGGINS                                                 APPELLANT

                                                   V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                                STATE

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           FROM THE 297TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

                                MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1]

A jury convicted Appellant Cheryle Taylor Wiggins of felony driving while intoxicated and assessed her punishment at sixteen years= confinement and a $10,000 fine.  The trial court sentenced her accordingly.  In her sole point, Appellant contends that the trial court erred by ordering that she pay court costs and attorney=s fees as a condition of parole.  The trial court did not so order but merely Arecommend[ed] that any unpaid amounts be added as a condition of parole,@ which is permissible.^[2]  [Emphasis added.]  We therefore overrule Appellant=s sole point and affirm the trial court=s judgment.

LEE ANN DAUPHINOT

JUSTICE

PANEL:  LIVINGSTON, C.J.; DAUPHINOT and GABRIEL, JJ.

DO NOT PUBLISH

Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED: August 31, 2010

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^[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

^[2]See Ceballos v. State, 246 S.W.3d 369, 373 (Tex. App.CAustin 2008, pet. ref=d) (noting that trial court has authority to recommend parole conditions and modifying judgment conditioning parole upon payment of court costs, fines, and attorney=s fees to instead recommend that parole board order payment); McNeill v. State, 991 S.W.2d 300, 302B03 (Tex. App.CHouston [1st Dist.] 1999, pet. ref=d, untimely filed) (upholding judgment that recommended payment of restitution as condition of parole).