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Walters v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Nov 10, 2004
No. 09-03-556 CR (Tex. App. Nov. 10, 2004)

Opinion

No. 09-03-556 CR

Submitted on November 1, 2004.

Opinion Delivered November 10, 2004. DO NOT PUBLISH.

On Appeal from the Criminal District Court, Jefferson County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. 90156.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., BURGESS, and GAULTNEY, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OPINION


Percy Edward Walters pled guilty in Cause No. 90156 to burglary of a building. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 30.02 (Vernon 2003). The plea agreement called for the sentence in Cause No. 90156 to run concurrently with that in Cause No. 90157. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court pronounced that the sentence in Cause No. 90156 would run consecutively with the sentences in Cause Nos. 89235 and 89344, and that the sentences in Cause Nos. 90156 and 90157 would run concurrently. Yet the written judgment recites "Terms of Plea Agreement" as follows: "This sentence will run concurrently with cause(s) 89235, 89344, and consecutively with cause(s) 90157." The judgment also states, "This sentence shall run consecutive to the case specified below" but no case is specified. Appellant asks that the judgment be reformed to correctly reflect the trial court's sentence in open court. The State concedes there is a clerical error in the judgment and the judgment should be reformed. An appellate court may correct and reform a trial court judgment to make the judgment "congruent with the record." St. Julian v. State, 132 S.W.3d 512, 517 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, pet. ref'd); Nolan v. State, 39 S.W.3d 697, 698 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist. 2001, no pet). Accordingly, we reform the judgment to reflect that the sentences in Cause Nos. 90156 and 90157 shall run concurrently, and the sentence in Cause No. 90156 shall run consecutively with Cause Nos. 89344 and 89235. See Tex.R.App.P. 43.2(b). Appellant's issue is sustained. The judgment is affirmed as reformed. AFFIRMED AS REFORMED.


Summaries of

Walters v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Nov 10, 2004
No. 09-03-556 CR (Tex. App. Nov. 10, 2004)
Case details for

Walters v. State

Case Details

Full title:PERCY EDWARD WALTERS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont

Date published: Nov 10, 2004

Citations

No. 09-03-556 CR (Tex. App. Nov. 10, 2004)

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