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----- ----- -- A ppe l l antChr i st y L ea nn Radac y pl ed gui l t y t o t w o cou nt s ofab and oni ng a chi l d and pl aci ng a chi l d i n i m m i nent dang er and one co untofba i l j um pi ng. 2 3 The t r i al co urtf ound hergui l t y a nd se nt enc ed hert o t w ent y ye ar s’ co nf i nem ent2

o n t h e a b a n d o n m e n t /e n d a n g e r m e n tc o u n t s a n d t e n y e a r s ’ c o n f in e m e n tf o rb a il j um pi n g. I n t w o poi nt s, A ppe l l antar gue s t hatt he t r i al co urter r ed by d eny i ng hermo t i o n t o wi t h d r a w h e r g u i l t y p l e a i n e a c h c a s e a n d b y n o t h a vi ng a pr esent ence i nvest i gat i on r epor t( PS I ) pr epar ed. Becau se w e hol d t hatt he t r i al
c o u rt d i d n o t e rr, w e a ffir m th e tri a l c o u rt’s j u d g m e n ts . B ACKGROUND F ACTS A ppe l l anti s t he m ot her of t w i n gi r l s. W hen t he t w i ns w er e t hr ee orf our
m ont hs ol d, A ppe l l antbe ca m e i nvol ved w i t h Sar i M uha nna an d be gan l i vi ng
w i th h i m . F rom th e ti m e th e tw i n s w e re a b o u t n i n e m o n th s o l d , th e y l i v e d w i th A p p e l l a n t’s a u n t, L a u ra R e y n o l d s . R e y n o l d s te s ti fi e d th a t M u h a n n a w a s v e ry c o n t r o llin g a n d t h a tA p p e lla n tc h a n g e d u p o n m e e t in g h im . O n M ay 26, 2003 , Reyno l ds t ook t he t w i ns t o vi si tA ppe l l antata del i an d
con ven i enc e s t or e o w ned by M uha nna . A f t er se ei ng M uha nna an d Appel l ant ent ert he st or e, Rey nol ds t ook t he t w i ns i nsid e a n d le f tt hem w i t h M uhan na. A s hortt i m e l at er , s he sa w M uha nna i n hi s ca rap pr oac hi ng t he i nt er se ct i on
w her e she w as st opp ed i n her car ; A ppel l antw as i n t he vehi cl e w i t h M uhan na. M uhan na’ s vehi cl e st opp ed i n t he t ur n l ane. A s t he l i ght chang ed, t he t w i ns’ di ape rba g hi tReyno l d’ s ca r w i ndow . She l ook ed bac k i n herr ea r vi ew m i r r or and s aw t he t w i ns s t and i ng i n t he t ur n l ane att he i nt er se ct i on a nd Appel l ant4 ... S eeT EX . C ODE C R IM . P R OC . A NN . art . 42. 03, § 1( a) ( V er non Supp .

2 0 0 7 ); I

n re Ri sley , 190 S. W . 3d 853, 855–5 6 ( Te x. App.

— Fo rt W ort h 2006, 3 get t i ng i nt o M uha nna ’ s ca r ; M uha nna t hen dr ove aw ay, l ea vi ng t he t w i ns i n t he
s tre e t. A ppe l l antw as ar r es t ed and ch ar ged w i t h t w o c ount s ofab and o ni ng a c h il d a n d p la c in g a c h il d in im m in e n t d a n g e r (o n e c o u n t fo r e a c h d a u g h te r). In A pr i l 2004 , s he l ef tt he cou nt r y. She r et ur ned t o t he cou nt r y vo l unt ar i l y a nd
w as r et ur ned t o c us t ody and cha r ged w i t h bai l j um pi ng. O n Jul y 1, 2004 , s he ent er ed a pl ea ofgui l t y t o al l of t he char ges. The nex tday, she w as r el eased on bo nd w i t h an ank l e m oni t or , buton J ul y 18, 2004 , s he cutof ft he m oni t or and ag ai n f l ed t he cou nt r y. O n Sept em ber7, 2004 , t he t r i al co urthe l d a s en te n c i n g hea r i ng. The t r i al cour thad pr evi ousl y or der ed t he pr epar at i on of a PS I , butbecause A ppe l l antha d vo l unt ar i l y abs ent ed her se l ff r om t he j ur i sd i ct i on, t he PSI w as not
c o m p l e te d . T h e tri a l c o u rt p ro c e e d e d w i th s e n te n c i n g w i th o u t i t. A p p e l l a n t’s
cou ns el f i l ed a m ot i on t o w i t hdr aw t he gui l t y pl ea s, w hi ch t he t r i al co urtde ni ed. The c ourtt hen f ound A ppe l l a n t g u i l ty a nd r ul ed t hathe rs ent enc es w oul d be t w ent y year s’ conf i nem enton t he aband onm ent / endan ger m entcountsand t en y e a r s ’ c o n f in e m e n t o n t h e b a il ju m p in g c a s e , n o t in g t h a tt h e s e n t e n c e s c o u ld
n o t be i m p o se d u n ti l A p p e l l a n t ap p e a red i n co u rt . 4o ri g . p ro c e e d i n g ).
5 ... Ja ckso nv. S tate , 5 9 0 S .W .2 d 5 1 4 , 5 1 5 (T e x . C ri m . A p p . [P a n e l O p .] 1 9 7 9 ); Crump to nv. S tate , 1 7 9 S .W .3 d 7 2 2 , 7 2 4 ( T e x . A p p .— F o rtW o rt h 2 0 0 5 , p e t. re f’d ).

6 ... Jacks on , 5 9 0 S .W .2 d a t 5 1 5 ; Crumpton , 179 S. W . 3d a t724. 4 Appe l l a ntw a s r e t ur ne d t o c us t od y on M a r c h 8, 2007 , a nd o n M a r c h 23, 200 7, t he t r i al co urthe l d a he ar i ng to p ro n o u nce t he se nt enc es . Appel l ant t est i f i ed t haton t he day i n quest i on, she and M uhan na had hon ked atRey nol ds,
a n d b o th c a rs ha d pul l ed ove rt o t he si de oft he r oad , w her e Appel l antga ve R eynol ds t he t w i ns and t he d ia p e r b ag. A ppel l antal so t est i f i ed t hatshe had l ef tt he coun tr y because she w as pr egnan tand because M uhan na w as con ce r ned t hatCPS w oul d t ak e t he bab y w hen i tw as bor n. M OT I ON T O W I T H D RAW G UILT Y P L EAS I n h e r f i rst p o i n t, A p p e l l a n t a rgu e s th a t sh e sh o u l d h a v e b e e n all o w e d to
w i t hdr aw herpl eas ofgui l t y as a m at t er of r i ght w hen she m oved to w i t hdr aw th e m i m m e d i a te l yp ri o r to th e S e p te m b e r 7 , 2 0 0 4 h e a ri n g o n p u n i s h m e n t. A def end ant m ay w i t hdr aw her gui l t y pl ea asa m at t erofr i ghtw i t houtas si gni ng a r eason at any t i m e bef or e j udg m ent has been pr ono unced or bef or e t he case h a s b e e n tak e n u n d e r ad v i se m e n t. The w i t hdr aw al ofa gui l t y pl ea af t er 5 j u d g m e n t ha s b e e n p ron o u n c e d o r th e c a se h a s b e e n tak e n u n d e r ad v i se m e n t, how eve r , i s att he t r i al co urt ’ s di sc r et i on. A t r i al co urtw ho pa ss es a ca se f or 67 ... Jacks on , 5 9 0 S .W .2 d a t 5 1 5 ; Crumpton , 179 S. W . 3d a t723 n. 2.
8 ... Crumpton , 1 7 9 S .W .3 d a t 7 2 4 (c i ta ti o n s o m i tte d ). 5 a PS I af t eradm oni shi ng a def endan tand accept i ng herpl ea has t aken t he case
u n d e r ad v i se m e n t. 7 A ppel l antent er ed herpl ea ofgui l t y i n each case on Ju l y 1, 20 04 , w hen
s h e s i gned w r i t t en pl ea adm oni shm ent s and a j udi ci al conf essi on. The t r i al
cour taccept ed t he pl eas and or der ed t he PS I . Th e t r i al cour t , t her ef or e, had t aken t he cases underadvi sem ent . A ppel l anthad no ab sol ut e r i ght t o w i t hdr aw herpl eas. A l t er nat i vel y, A ppe l l ant a rg u e s t hatt he t r i al co urtab us ed i t s di sc r et i on by r ef us i n g to al l ow he rt o w i t hdr aw he rpl ea s. As t hi s cou rtha s al r ea dy exp l ai ned , In d e te rm i n i n g w h e th e r th e tri a l c o u rt a b u s e d i ts d i s c re ti o n , w e m us t uphol d t he t r i al co urt ’ s r ul i ng i fi ti s r ea so nab l y s upport ed by t he r ec or d a nd i s cor r ec tunde ran y t heo r y of l aw app l i ca bl e t o t he case. W e m ustr evi ew t he t r i al court ’ s r ul i ng i n l i ght ofw hatw as bef or e t he t r i al cour tatt he t i m e t he r ul i ng w as m ade. The t r i al cou rtw i l l notbe ove rt ur ned asl ong a s i t s r ul i n g w asw i t hi n t he z o n e o f re a s o n a b l e d i s a g re e m e n t. T h e m e re fa c t th a t a tri a l c o u rt m ay dec i de a m at t er w i t hi n i t s di sc r et i ona r y a ut hor i t y i n a di f f er ent m anner t han an appel l at e cour t w oul d i n a si m i l a r ci r cum st ance doe s notde m ons t r at e t hatan ab us e o fdi sc r et i on ha s occ ur r ed. 8 A tt he t i m e o ft he t r i al co urt ’ s r ul i ng, A ppe l l ant ’ s j udi ci a l c o n fe s s i on a nd t he t es t i m ony ofLa ur a Rey nol ds co nce r ni ng t he i nci den tan d M uha nna ’ s con t r ol l i ng9 ... T EX. C ODEC R I M. P RO C. A NN. a rt. 3 3 .0 3 (V e rn o n 2 0 0 6 ).
10 ... S um m ers v. S tate , 9 4 2 S .W .2 d 6 9 5 , 6 9 6 ( T e x . A p p .— H o u sto n [ 1 4 th D i s t.] 1 9 9 7 , n o p e t.). 6 beh avi orha d be en adm i t t ed. W e t her ef or e h ol d t hatt h e tri a l c o u rtdi d not abuse i t s di scr et i on byr ef usi ng t o al l ow A ppel l ant t o w i t hdr aw hergui l t y pl eas. W e o v e rr u l e A p p e l l a n t’ s fi rst po i n t. N O PSI I n he r se con d poi nt , A ppe l l ant ar gue s t hatt he t r i al co urter r ed by f ai l i ng t o h a v e a P S I p r e p a r e d a s t h e t r ia l c o u rt h a d p r e v io u s ly o r d e r e d . T h e la w is w e ll
se t t l ed t hatw hen a def end ant vol unt ar i l y abs ent s her se l faft erpl ea di ng t o t he i ndi ct m entori nf or m at i on, t he t r i al m ay pr oc ee d t o i t s con cl us i on i n t he def endan t ’ s absence. I fa def end antf ai l s t o obj ec tt o t he t r i al c o u rt’s 9 pr oceedi ng w i t hou t a P S I , t hatdef endan tf or f ei t s any com pl ai nton appeal
re g a rd in g th e la c ko f a P S I. 10 A ppe l l antw as r el ea se d on bond and pl ac ed on a n e l ec t r oni c m oni t oron Jul y 2, 2004 . O n Ju l y 18, 2004 , s he cutof ft he m oni t or and f l ed t he cou nt r y. C ons equ ent l y, s he di d nota p p ea ratt he sc hed ul ed puni sh m enthe ar i ng on Sept em ber7, 2004 . The t r i al cou rt , pur su antt o l aw , co nduc t ed a p uni sh m ent hea r i ng i n Appel l a n t’s v o l unt ar y a bs enc e; he rt r i al co uns el w as pr es ent . The t r i al co urtnot ed att he hea r i ng t hatA ppe l l ant had j um ped bond an d ha d l ef tt he7

j ur i sdi ct i on of t he cour tbef or e t he PS I coul d be pr epar ed. A ppel l ant ’ s counsel d i d n o t o b j e c t to th e tri a l c o u rt’s p ro c e e d i n g w i th o u t a P S I. C o n s e q u e n tl y , w e o v e rr u l e A p p e l l a n t’ s s e c o n d p o i n t. C ON C L U S I ON H a v i n g o v e rru l e d A p p e l l a n t ’s tw o p o i n ts , w e a ffir m th e tri a l c o u rt’s j u d g m e n ts .

L E E AN N D AUP HI NOT J U S T I C E PA N EL B: LI V I N G STO N , D A U PH I N O T, an d M C C O Y, JJ. DO NO T P UBLI SH T EX . R. A PP . P. 47. 2( b) DEL I VERE D: J un e 19, 2008