AFFIRM; Opinion Filed March 18, 2014.
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-00211-CR
WAYNE ALBERT RODGERS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 363rd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F-06-87728-W
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices O’Neill, Myers, and Brown
Opinion by Justice Brown
Wayne Albert Rodgers appeals from the trial court’s revocation of his community
supervision and adjudication of his guilt for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He
contends in two points of error that the evidence is insufficient to support (1) the revocation of
his community supervision and (2) the trial court’s assessment of court costs against him. We
affirm.
Background
In 2006, appellant was charged by indictment with aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon, a knife. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. §§ 22.01(a)(2), 22.02(a)(2) (West 2011 & Supp.
2013). The indictment also contained an allegation that the offense involved family violence and
two enhancement paragraphs, alleging prior felony convictions. Pursuant to a plea agreement
dated March 28, 2007, appellant pleaded guilty to the offense and true to the enhancement
paragraphs and was placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for four years. The
trial court also assessed a $1,500 fine.
The State filed a motion to revoke this community supervision in December 2007,
alleging appellant violated eight conditions of his community supervision. The State withdrew
that motion after the trial court ordered appellant to receive treatment in the Substance Abuse
Felony Punishment Facility (SAFPF) and comply with the rules and regulations of the treatment
until he is successfully released from the program. Appellant was released from the SAFPF in
September 2009. On June 29, 2010, the State filed another motion to revoke community
supervision and adjudicate guilt. This motion alleged appellant violated three conditions of his
community supervision by testing positive for cocaine use, failing to pay the required
supervision fees, and not completing the SAFPF continuum of care as directed by a modified
condition. Appellant pleaded true to the violations, and the trial court adjudicated his guilt and
sentenced him to thirty years in prison. Appellant moved for a new trial, which was granted by
the trial court in August 2010. After a hearing, the court set aside the thirty-year sentence,
extended appellant’s community supervision for an additional two years, and ordered him to
receive treatment at SAFPF. Appellant was released from SAFPF in January 2012.
In October 2012, the State again initiated proceedings to revoke appellant’s community
supervision and adjudicate his guilt, alleging seven violations of his community supervision.
Four of the alleged violations involved appellant’s failure to pay certain costs, fines, or fees as
ordered. The State also alleged appellant failed to “complete Community Service hours as
directed,” “participate in a Safe Neighborhood Training session,” and “participate in a domestic
violence treatment program.” Appellant again pleaded true to the State’s allegations, and the
trial court held a hearing at which appellant testified. Appellant said he had not paid the required
costs and fines because he is mentally disabled and unable to find a job. He also agreed that he
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had not participated in the domestic violence treatment program or performed his community
service hours because he was “just going through a lot of things.” He added he could not afford
the fees to participate in the required programs, such as the domestic violence program, and that
he had not performed his community service hours because he had been taking care of his
mother. The trial court found the State’s allegations to be true, adjudicated appellant’s guilt and
revoked his community supervision, and sentenced him to twenty-five years in prison. The trial
court also made affirmative findings that the offense involved a deadly weapon and family
violence. The judgment adjudicating guilt assessed court costs of $1,122.55 against him.
Sufficiency of the Evidence to Support Community-Supervision Revocation
Appellant contends in his first point of error that there was insufficient evidence to show
that he willfully failed to pay his court ordered fines, costs and fees. He maintains he did not
complete the requirements of his community supervision because he was unable to pay the
required fines, costs, or fees and claims the trial court did not properly consider his ability to pay
when it decided to revoke his community supervision.
Legal Standards
In community supervision revocation cases, the State has the burden to prove the
allegations in a motion to revoke by a preponderance of the evidence. See Cardona v. State, 665
S.W.2d 492, 493 (Tex. Crim. App. 1984); Lee v. State, 952 S.W.2d 894, 897 (Tex. App.—Dallas
1997, no pet.) (en banc). The preponderance of the evidence standard is met when the greater
weight of the credible evidence before the trial court supports a reasonable belief that a condition
or term of community supervision has been violated. Rickels v. State, 202 S.W.3d 759, 763–64
(Tex. Crim. App. 2006). Once evidence is presented, the trial court has the discretion either to
continue, modify, or revoke probation. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 42.12, §§ 5(b), 22, 23
(West Supp. 2013); Flournoy v. State, 589 S.W.2d 705, 708 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1979).
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Thus, our review of an order revoking community supervision is limited to determining whether
the trial court abused its discretion. See Rickels, 202 S.W.3d at 763.
The trial court is the exclusive judge of the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to
be given their testimony and must determine whether the allegations in the motion to revoke are
sufficiently demonstrated. Lee, 952 S.W.2d at 897. We therefore view the evidence presented at
the revocation proceeding in the light most favorable to the trial court’s ruling. Id. We will
uphold the ruling if there is some evidence to support the finding of even one of the alleged
community-supervision violations. Moses v. State, 590 S.W.2d 469, 470 (Tex. Crim. App.
[Panel Op.] 1979) (“Proof of any one of the alleged violations is sufficient to support the order
revoking probation.”); Lee 952 S.W.2d at 900. In addition, a plea of true to the alleged
violations, standing alone, is sufficient to support a trial court’s revocation order. Moses, 590
S.W.2d at 470; Cole v. State, 578 S.W.2d 127, 128 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1979); Moore
v. State, 11 S.W.3d 495, 498 n.1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2000, no pet.). “[O]nce a
plea of true has been entered, a defendant may not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to
support the subsequent revocation.” Moore, 11 S.W.3d at 498 n.1.
Analysis
Appellant acknowledges that he pleaded true to violating conditions of his deferred
adjudication community supervision as alleged in the State’s motion, and he does not claim that
his plea was involuntary. Rather, he argues that although a defendant cannot challenge the
sufficiency of the evidence after a plea of true, “depriving a defendant of [his] freedom simply
because [he] could not afford to pay through no fault of [his] own would be a violation of
fundamental fairness guaranteed by the United State Constitution.” He claims that in those
circumstances, it is “incumbent on the trial court” to inquire why the costs or fines were not paid
and that the trial court in this case did not do so. He contends his testimony shows that he did
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not have the money to pay his costs and fees, including the fees associated with the programs he
was required to complete, and thus, “it appears from the record that he could not complete his
community supervision due to his inability to pay.”
During the revocation hearing, however, the trial court specifically noted that there were
“things [appellant] failed to do other than paying [his] fines and court costs.” For example,
appellant pleaded true to violating condition (l) because he “did not complete Community
Service hours as directed.” Under condition (l), appellant was required to perform “a total of 160
hours Community Service Restitution through the Volunteer Center of Dallas,” which should be
completed before the expiration of his community supervision. He admitted to not completing
this requirement, testifying that he had not “been able to take care of [his] community
supervision because [he had] been taking care of his mother” and could not leave her alone. He
also claimed his probation officer had given him additional time to complete his hours. But the
trial court was the sole trier of appellant’s credibility, and it was within its discretion to give little
weight to that testimony. See Lee, 952 S.W.2d at 897. And regardless, appellant pleaded true to
the allegation that he failed to complete his community service hours as directed, which is alone
sufficient to support revocation. Moses, 590 S.W.2d at 470. We therefore conclude the trial
court did not abuse its discretion when it revoked his community supervision and adjudicated his
guilt because his plea of true to the failure to complete community service hours supports the
trial court’s judgment. See id; Lee, 952 S.W.2d at 900. Because proof of any one violation is
sufficient to support the trial court’s revocation and adjudication of guilt, we need not address
appellant’s contention that he did not voluntarily violate the conditions regarding payment of
fines and costs due to his inability to pay. We overrule his first point of error.
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Sufficiency of the Evidence to Support Assessment of Court Costs
In his second point of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to
support the trial court’s assessment of $1,122.55 in court costs. He requests that we reform the
judgment to delete the requirement that he pay the specific amount of court costs because the
clerk’s record does not contain a cost bill. After appellant filed his brief, however, the clerk’s
record was supplemented and now contains a bill of costs. Specifically, the supplemental clerk’s
record contains two pages of a computer printout itemizing the costs assessed in the case and
showing a total of $1,122.55 in court costs. The supplemental clerk’s record also includes a bill
of costs certification signed by the deputy district clerk and certified by the district clerk.
Because the clerk’s record now contains a cost bill that supports the costs assessed in the
judgment, appellant’s complaint that the evidence is insufficient to support the imposition of
costs because the record does not contain a cost bill is moot. See Johnson v. State, No. PD-0193-
13, 2014 WL 714736, at *4 (Tex. Crim. App. Feb. 26, 2014); Coronel v. State, 416 S.W.3d 550,
555 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2013, pet. ref’d). We overrule appellant’s second point of error.
Appellant also filed an objection to the bill of costs in the supplemental clerk’s record.
He argues (1) the “unsigned, unsworn computer printouts” and “bill of costs certification” do not
qualify as a proper bill of costs for purposes of code of criminal procedure article 103.001 and
(2) the record does not indicate the computer printout was filed in the trial court or brought to the
trial court’s attention before the costs were entered into the judgment. We previously have
addressed and overruled both of these arguments in Coronel v. State, 416 S.W.3d at 555–56
(concluding supplemental record filed by clerk satisfies mandate of code of criminal procedure
and there is no requirement that cost bill be presented to trial court at any time before judgment);
see also Johnson, 2014 WL 714736, at *5–7 (concluding 2 pages of computer printout and
certification signed by deputy clerk and seal of district clerk is “bill of costs for purposes of
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Chapter 103” and “matters pertaining to the imposition of court costs need not be brought to the
attention of the trial court, including a bill of costs prepared after a criminal trial”). Accordingly
we overrule appellant’s objection to the cost bill contained in the supplemental clerk’s record.
We also note that in his original brief and his objection, appellant does not challenge the
propriety or legality of the specific costs assessed. We therefore do not address those matters.
Having overruled appellant’s two points of error, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.
/Ada Brown/
ADA BROWN
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
WAYNE ALBERT RODGERS, Appellant On Appeal from the 363rd Judicial District
Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-13-00211-CR V. Trial Court Cause No. F-06-87728-W.
Opinion delivered by Justice Brown.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee Justices O’Neill and Myers participating.
Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, the judgment of the trial court is AFFIRMED.
Judgment entered this 18th day of March, 2014.
/Ada Brown/
ADA BROWN
JUSTICE
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