James Sunny Burton v. State

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                         In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

 

                                                ______________________________

 

                                                             No. 06-10-00200-CR

                                                ______________________________

 

 

                                  JAMES SUNNY BURTON, Appellant

 

                                                                V.

 

                                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

 

 

                                                                                                  

 

 

                                       On Appeal from the 354th Judicial District Court

                                                              Hunt County, Texas

                                                            Trial Court No. 26,394

 

                                                                                                   

 

 

 

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                              Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter


                                                     MEMORANDUM  OPINION

 

            James Sunny Burton appeals his conviction and sentence for the offense of possession or transport of certain chemicals with intent to manufacture a controlled substance.  Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.124 (Vernon 2010).  In a single proceeding before the trial court, Burton pled guilty to this charge and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.  At the same time, he pled guilty to the offense of possession of one gram or less of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, and was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.  We sustain Burton’s second point of error for the reasons set forth in our opinion in the companion case, Burton v. State, cause number 06-10-00199-CR, and reverse the judgment and remand to the trial court for further proceedings.  Please see our opinion in that case for a detailed examination of the issues and law governing these cases.[1] 

             

 

                                                                        Jack Carter

                                                                        Justice

 

Date Submitted:          March 15, 2011

Date Decided:             April 5, 2011

 

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[1]Burton has addressed both convictions in a single brief, and the issues and facts in the two cases are the same.