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## COURT OF A PP EA LS
T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS
C O R P U S C H R IS T I - 

## EDI NBURG

IN THE M A

TTER OF J.C.L. , A

JUVENILE

O n a p p e a l f r o m t h e C o u n t y C o u r t a t L a w of A rans as Co un ty , T exas , Sitt ing as a Ju v en ile C ou rt.



## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON
B ef o re Ju st ices Y añ ez , G ar za , and V el a M em o ra n d u m Op in io n b y J u st ic e Ve la Appel lan t, J. C. L ., a j uv eni le, appeal s fr om the tr ial co urt’ s o rd er ter minat ing her
pr obati on and sent enci ng her to an i ndeter minat e ter m in the Tex as Y outh Commi ss ion unti l dis char g e, w hic h s hal l occ ur no lat er than her nin eteent h bir thday

. By a si ng le is sue, J.C .L. c o mp l a i n s t h a t t h e t e r mi n a t i o n o f h e r p r o b a t i o n a n d s e n t e n c e t o TY C w as “u nju stified, unr eason abl e, i nappr opr iat e and dis pr opor ti onate to t he s er iou snes s o f the all eg ed v iol ati on of a t er m and c ondi ti on of her j uv eni le pr obati on,” al l in vio la ti o n o f the Ei g hth and Four

teent h Amendments to the Unit ed States C onst it uti on. See U .S. C ON ST

.2

am en ds

. VI II a nd X IV

. W e affi r m. I. Pr ocedu ra l Back g ro und J.C .L. w as pla ced on j uv eni le pr obati on on June 6, 20 07 for del iv er y or of fer of del iv er y of a dang er ous dr ug , a sta te j ail felony

. See T EX

. H E A L TH & S A F E T Y C OD E A NN . § 483.042 (a ), ( d) ( Ver non 200 3)

. On thr ee s ubseq uent occ asi ons, the cour t found t hat J .C .L. had v iol ated her

pr obati on. Each ti me, th e c our t modi fied her

pr o b ati onar

y ter ms and inc re ased th e s anct ion l ev el. O n Apr il 24, 2008, J.C .L. w as unsuc ces sfull y di sc har g ed f rom th e T aylor Coun ty Post Adju dicatio n Facility —a v iolation of

her proba tion. The reafter, the S ta te fil ed a moti on to modi fy J.C .L.’ s p ro bati on. At t he hear ing on t he moti on to modify , J .C .L. enter ed a ple a of “t ru e” to t he al leg ati ons that she v iol ated her co ndi ti ons of prob ation . Th e trial court term inate d he r probat ion an d sen ten ced h er to an ind ef inite te rm in T YC u n t il d is c h a rg e o r n o la t e r t h a n h e r n in e t e e n t h b ir t h d a y. II. An alysi s By her s o l e i s s u e , J

. C

. L

. c o mp l a i n s t h e t r i a l c o u r t ’ s o r d e r o f t e r mi n a t i o n and
sent ence to TY C is unj ust ified , unr eason abl e, i nappr opr iat e and dis pr opor ti onate to t he seriousn ess of

the alleged v iolation of a term a nd co nditio n of he r ju ve n il e prob ation , in

v iol ati on of the Ei g hth and Four teent h Amendments of the Uni ted S tates C onst it uti on. See U. S. C ON ST . amends . VI II and X IV. The r ecor d, ho w ev er , r eflect s t hat n o obj ect ion w as made to the s entenc e ei ther at the t ime of t h e h e a rin g or by any pos t- tr ial moti on. By faili ng to obj ect , J .C .L. has w aiv ed any co mplai nt on appeal

. Trev ino v. St ate , 174 S.W .3d 925 , 927 -29 (Te x . App .–Corp us Christi 2005 , pet . ref ’d). Ev en i f the i ss ue had been pr eser v ed, h ow ev er , t he puni shment a ss e ss e d w as

w it hin the li mits pr esc ri bed by st atute

. See T EX

. F AM

. C ODE

. A NN

. § 54. 05(f ) (Vern on 2 007 ).3

Gener all y , pun is hment t hat fal ls w it h in the li mits pr esc ri bed by st atute i s n ot ex ces si v e,

c r u e l , o r u nusua l. See S am uel v. Sta te , 477 S.W .2d 611 , 614 (Tex. Cr im. Ap p. 19 72);
Tr evi no , 174 S.W .3d a t 928

. III . C oncl usi on Havi ng fo und that no error has been prese nte d f or rev iew , w e af f irm the trial court’s jud g ment.

RO SE V ELA J u s t i c e Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv er ed and filed thi s 3 0th d ay

of Oct ober , 200 8.