Snowden, Michael Joseph

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 16, 2014
• Docket: PD-0370-13
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-370-13

MICHAEL JOSEPH SNOWDEN, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FOURTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

OPINION

Appellant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to life

in prison. On appeal, he argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the $639 in

court costs assessed against him in the judgment. The Court of Appeals agreed, relying on

its own opinion in Johnson v. State, 389 S.W.3d 513 (Tex. App. – Houston [14 th Dist.] 2012). SNOWDEN - 2

Snowden v. State, No. 14-12-00586-CR, 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 2795 (Tex. App. – Houston

[14th Dist.] March 19, 2013) (not designated for publication).

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).

The Court of Appeals in the instant case did not have the benefit of our opinion in

Johnson. 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 opinion in Johnson. No motion for rehearing will be entertained.

DATE DELIVERED: April 16, 2014

DO NOT PUBLISH