No. 4-05-00627-CR
Delivered and Filed: February 1, 2006. DO NOT PUBLISH.
Appeal from the 226th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, Trial Court No. 2003-CR-8555, Honorable Sid L. Harle, Judge Presiding. Affirmed.
Sitting: Catherine STONE, Justice, Karen ANGELINI, Justice, Sandee Bryan MARION, Justice.
Opinion by: CATHERINE STONE, Justice.
Presly Wilson, also known as Milton Holmes (hereinafter referred to as Holmes), was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and assessed two years community supervision. Holmes now appeals the trial court's ruling revoking community supervision and assessing one year confinement in State jail. We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
Holmes was convicted for possession of a controlled substance of less than one gram, namely cocaine, and sentenced to two years of community supervision. While on community supervision, Holmes was involved in a traffic stop in which he resisted arrest. The State filed a motion to revoke community supervision, and Holmes pled true to violating a term of his probation. As a result, the trial court revoked Holmes' community supervision and assessed a one year sentence in State jail. Holmes now appeals asserting the trial court abused its discretion when it revoked community supervision and sentenced him to a one-year confinement because Holmes provided mitigating factors. Specifically, Holmes "was a college student, not a violent criminal. His attitude and value system had changed, and he felt that he would be able to follow probation conditions if given another chance." Standard of Review
In a revocation proceeding, the State must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant violated a term of community supervision. Cobb v. State, 851 S.W.2d 871, 873 (Tex.Crim.App. 1993). Appellate review of an order revoking community supervision is limited to a determination of whether the trial court abused its discretion. Jackson v. State, 645 S.W.2d 303, 305 (Tex.Crim.App. 1983); Hays v. State, 933 S.W.2d 659, 660 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1996, no pet.). When ascertaining whether an abuse of discretion occurred, we view the evidence in a light most favorable to the trial court's findings. Jackson, 645 S.W.2d at 305. Review of Revocation
At his revocation hearing, Holmes entered a plea of true pursuant to resisting arrest. Holmes also admitted he failed to report to his supervision officer in February and March 2005. A "plea of true, standing alone is sufficient to support the revocation of probation." Moses v. State, 590 S.W.2d 469, 470 (Tex.Crim.App. 1979). Therefore, Holmes' violation of community supervision was supported by his plea of true, notwithstanding the fact he attempted to offer mitigating circumstances. Hays, 933 S.W.2d at 661; Fletcher v. State, 2004 WL 199285, at *1 (Tex.App.-San Antonio Feb. 4, 2004, no pet.). Accordingly, we find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's revocation of Holmes' community supervision.