Opinion
NO. 14-12-00466-CR
02-21-2013
Affirmed as Modified and Memorandum Opinion filed February 21, 2013.
On Appeal from the 262nd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1345408
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an appeal about court costs. Appellant William Tyrone Washington pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child. A jury found appellant guilty and assessed punishment at confinement for fifty-five years in prison. In a single issue on appeal, appellant contends that there is insufficient evidence in the record to support the court costs in the amount of $719.00 assessed against him in the judgment. We reform the trial court's judgment to delete the specific amount of costs assessed and affirm the judgment as modified.
In its judgment, the trial court ordered appellant to pay $719.00 in court costs. The clerk's record filed with this court does not contain a bill of costs or any other evidence showing the amount of court costs.
In Johnson v. State, ___ S.W.3d ___, No. 14-11-00693-CR; 2012 WL 4878803, at *3 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 16, 2012, no pet. h.), this court held that when the record does not support the assessment of a certain dollar amount in costs, the trial court errs in entering a specific dollar amount in its judgment.
The trial court did not err in ordering appellant to pay costs, as such is mandated by the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.16. The court erred, however, in entering a specific dollar amount of costs in the judgment without any support in the record. See Johnson, at *3.
Because there is no evidence in the record to support the trial court's assessment of a specific dollar amount as court costs, we reform the trial court's judgment to delete the specific amount of costs assessed. See id. at *5. As modified, we affirm the judgment.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Christopher, Jamison, and McCally. Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).