ORAL ARGUMENT NOT REQUESTED
NOs. 12-15-00145-CR and 12-15-00147-CR
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 12 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT TYLER, TEXAS

BRITTANY BARRETT, APPELLANT
VS. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE

ON APPEAL IN CAUSE NUMBERS 114-0873-12 and 114-0875-12 FROM THE 114 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

OF SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS HONORABLE CHRISTI KENNEDY, JUDGE PRESIDING

APPELLANT’S BRIEF JAMES W. HUGGLER, JR. 100 E. FERGUSON, SUITE 805 TYLER, TEXAS 75702 903-593-2400 STATE BAR NUMBER 00795437 ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT ACCEPTED 12-15-00145-CR TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS

TYLER, TEXAS 9/22/2015 10:31:04 PM

Pam Estes CLERKI D E N T I T Y O F P A R T I E S A N D C O U N S E L

APPELL ANT: Brit ta ny Barre tt
APPELL ANT’S T RIAL COUNS EL: Wa lt er Ni cho lso n PO Box 1 811 901 Nor th Pe rry Pale sti ne, T ex as 7580 2 903- 729- 5400
Bre nt Rate kin 422 S. S pring Tyl er , Te xas 7570 2 903- 595- 1516
Nor man Ladd 235 S. Bro adwa y, S uite 2 00 Tyl er , Te xas 7570 2 903- 705- 7211
APPELL ANT’S APP ELLATE COUNS EL Jam es Huggl er 100 E. Fe rguso n, Suit e 805 Tyl er , Te xas 7570 2 903- 593- 2400 903- 593- 3830 (f

ax)
APPELL EE The S ta te o f T ex as
APPELL EE’S TRIAL CO UNSEL Jaco b Putm an Whi tne y Tharpe Chris Gat ew oo d Sm it h Co unty Crim inal Dist ric t Att or ney ’s Offi ce
ii100 N. Bro adwa y, 4 t h F lo or

Tyl er , Te xas 7570 2 903- 590- 1720 903- 590- 1719 (f

ax)
APPELL EE’S APPELL ATE CO UNSEL Michae l We st Sm it h Co unty Crim inal Dist ric t Att or ney ’s Offi ce 100 N. Bro adwa y, 4 t h F lo or Tyl er , Te xas 7570 2 903- 590- 1720 903- 590- 1719 (f

ax)

iiiT A B L E O F C O N T E N T S P A G E

ID ENTIT Y O F PARTI ES AND COUNS EL

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF AUTHORI TI ES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v ST ATEMENT OF THE CAS E

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IS SUE PRESENT ED

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ST ATEMENT OF FACTS

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SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT

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ARGUMENT

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Issue O ne, T he ev ide nce i s l eg ally i nsuffici ent t o suppo rt the fi nal judg me nts asse ssing re sti tut io n in ea ch c ase
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A. St andard of

Re vie w and App lic able L aw
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 B. Analysi s o f Re le vant F act s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 C. Disc ussio n and Analysi s
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CONCLUS IO N

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PRAYER

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CERTIF ICATE OF SERVI CE

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CERTIF ICATE OF COMPL IANCE

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ivT A B L E O F A U T H O R I T I E S

S T A T U T E S T E X

. C O D E C R IM

. P R O C

. A N N

. art

. 42. 037 (W est 2 011)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 T E X

. P E N A L C O D E A N N

. §2 2. 01(a )(2) (W est 2 011)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 T E X

. P E N A L C O D E A N N

. § 22. 02 (W est 2 011)

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C A S E S Ale xande r v. S ta te , 301 S. W. 3d 361 (Te x. App. – F or t Wo rt h 2 009, no pe t. )

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Bart on v. S ta te , 21 S. W. 3d 287 (Te x. Cri m. App. 2 000)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bee dy v. S ta te , 250 S. W. 3d 107 (Te x. Cri m. App. 2 008)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Buehle r v. S ta te , 709 S. W. 2d 49 (Te x. App. – Ho usto n [1 s t D ist .] 1 986, pe t. r ef

’d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Burt v. S ta te , 445 S. W. 3d 752 (Te x. Cri m. App. 2 014)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cabla v
. St at e , 6 S. W. 3d 543 (Te x. Cri m. App. 1 999)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Caril lo v
. St at e , 98 S. W. 3d 789 (Te x. App. – Am aril lo 2 003, pe t. r ef ’d)

. 8 Cart wri ght v
. St at e , 605 S. W. 2d 287 (Te x. Cri m. App. 1 980)

. . . . . . . . . 5 Dav is v. S ta te , 968 S. W. 2d 368 (Te x. Cri m. App. 1 998)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mart in v

. St at e , 874 S. W. 2d 674 (Te x. Cri m. App. 1 994)

. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 McGi ll v. S ta te , No. 0 6-10 -001 84-CR, 2 011 Te x. App. L EXIS 6 767 (T ex
. App. – Te xar kana 2 012, no pe t. )

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 McGi ll v. S ta te , No. 1 2-11 -003 87-CR, 2 012 Te x. App. L EXIS 7 453 (Te x. App. – Tyl er 2 012, no pe t. )

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Tay lo r v. S ta te , 131 S. W. 3d 497 (Te x. Cri m. App. 2 004)

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R U L E S Te x. R. App. P

. 9. 4

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vT E X

. R. A P P

. P. 3 8

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T E X

. R. A P P

. P. 4 3. 2(b)

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viNOs. 1 2-15 -001 45-CR and 12-1 5-00 147- CR

BRITT ANY BARRETT, , § IN THE CO URT OF APPEALS APPELL ANT § § VS. § 12 T H J UDI CIAL DI ST RICT § THE S TATE OF TEXAS, § APPELL EE § TYLER, T EXAS

A P P E L L A N T ’ S B R I E F

T O T H E H O N O R A B L E C O U R T O F A P P E A L S A N D T H E J U S T I C E S T H E R E O F :

C om es now Brit ta ny Barre tt (“ Appe llant ”) , by and thro ug h he r

at to rne y of re co rd, Jam es Huggl er , and pursuant to the pro visi ons of T E X

. R. A P P

. P R O C

. 38, et se q. , re spe ct fully subm it s t his b rie f o n app ea l.

S T A T E M E N T O F T H E C A S E
Appe llant was charg ed by fe lo ny indict me nt in Sm it h Count y cause
numbe rs 114- 0873 -12 and 114- 0875 -12 wit h th e f e l o ny of fe nses of 1agg rav at ed arre st. T E X

. P E N A L C O D E A N N

. §2 2. 02 (W est 2011 ). I CR-A 1

and I CR-C 1 1

. T his i s o ne of thre e case s which all oc curre d at the same
ti me and have be en giv en s e q ue nt ial cause numbe rs by bo th the tr ial

co urt and this Cour t

. A sep arat e Brie f has be en submi tt ed in 12-1 5-

0014 6-CR.

F o llo wing a ple a agr ee me nt, the co urt plac ed Ms. Barre tt on t e n

ye ars de fe rre d adj udicat io n super visi on. I CR-A 34-3 5; I CR-C 42-4 3; II I
RR 12-1 3. 2 In ea ch case a Fir st Ame nded Applic at io n to Pro ce ed to Final Adjudic at io n was file d. I CR-A 71-7 7; I CR-C 66-7 1. Ms. Barre tt ent er ed

a ple a of tr ue t o ea ch alle gat io n. I CR-A 86; I CR-C 78; VI RR 12-2 0.
Fo llo wing ev i d e nc e and arg ume nt, the tr ial co urt pro ce ed ed to final adj udicat io n, fo und Ms. Barre tt guil t y of the of fe nse. VI RR 61-6 2.
Fo llo wing arg ume nt, the co urt asse sse d a fift ee n ye ar sen t enc e in this

case
. VI RR 65. This brie f is ti me ly file d on or be fo re Se pte mbe r 23, 2015

.

1 Refer ence s to the Clerk’s Recor d are made using “CR” with a roma n numera l prec eding “CR” desig nating the cor

rec t volume and an a

rabic numera l following spe cify ing the corr ect pa g e. F or the conve nience of the c ourt, CR-A for a ppeal number

12-15-00145- CR, trial Court 114-0783-12 and CR-C for appe al number 12- 15-00147-CR and 114-0875- 12.

2 Refer ence s to the Reporter’ s Record a re ma de using “RR” with a roma n numera l prec eding desig nating the volume and a n ara bic numera l following de signa ting the c orre ct pag e.

2I S S U E P R E S E N T E D

Issue O ne: T he ev ide nce i s l eg ally i nsuffici ent t o suppo rt t he final judg me nts asse ssing re sti tut io n in ea ch c ase
.

S T A T E M E N T O F T H E F A C T S
Appe llant was charg ed by fe lo ny indict me nt in Sm it h Count y cause
numbe rs 1 1 4-08 73-1 2 and 114- 0874 -12 and charg ed wit h the fe lo ny
of fe nses of agg rav at ed assault

. T E X

. P E N A L C O D E A N N

. §2 2. 02(a )(2) and

22. 01 (a)( 2) (W est 2011 ); I CR-A 1; I CR-B 1. The indict me nts alle ge d that
Ms. Barre tt co mm it te d an agg rav at ed assault aga inst Pa t ric ia Cro cke tt
and Te rre ll Bro wn on May 14, 2012 by str iking the m wit h a mo to r ve hicle
while using or ex hibit ing a de adly we apo n. I d

. T hi s case is re lat ed to

appe al numbe r 12-1 5-01 46-CR invo lvi ng a thir d co mp la in an t in a sep arat e
brie f.

Ms. Barre tt ent er ed a ple a of guil ty , p ur s u ant to an agr ee me nt to

re ce ive te n ye ars de fe rre d adj udicat io n super visi on. I CR-A 42; I CR-C 31;
II RR 17. The co urt acce pte d the ple a agr ee me nt. II I RR 12-1 3. The St at e
file d an ame nded appli cat io n to pro ce ed to final adj udi c a t i o n alle ging a

3numbe r of vio lat io ns. I CR-A71-77 ; I CR-C 66-7 1. Ms. Barret t ente re d a

ple a of tr ue to ea ch para gra ph

. I C R

- A 86; I CR-C 78; VI RR 12-2 0.
Fo llo wing ev ide nce and arg ume nt of co unsel, the co urt fo und Ms. Barre tt guil ty of the o f

f e nse. VI RR 61-6 2. Fo llo wing arg ume nt, the co urt imp ose d a fift ee n ye ar sent enc e wit h no fine

. VI RR 65; I CR 73-7 4. This

appe al fo llo ws.

S U M M A R Y O F A R G U M E N T

The tr ial co urt er re d by includi ng re sti t ut i o n a m ount s in the judg me nts in ea ch case whe n the re was le gal ly insuffic ie nt ev ide nce to

suppo rt t hose fi ndings.

A R G U M E N T

I s s ue O ne , R e s t a t e d : T he e v i d e nc e i s l e g a l l y i ns uf f i c i e nt t o s up p o r t t he f i na l j ud g m e nt s a s s e s s i ng r e s t i t ut i o n i n e a c h c a s e
.

A

. S t a nd a r d o f R e v i e w a nd A p p l i c a b l e L a w
Whe n an accuse d re ce ive s d ef er re d adj udicat io n, no sent enc e is imp ose d. Dav is v. St at e , 9 6 8 S. W. 2d 368, 371 (Te x. Crim

. App. 1998 ); 4Ale xande r v. St at e , 301 S. W. 3d 361, 363- 64 (Te x. App. – Fo rt Wo rt h 2009 ,

no pet .). If

a n ac cuse d v io lat es a co ndit io n o f s uper visi on, the court may

pro ce ed to adj udicat e guil t and a sse ss p unishme nt. Tay lo r v. S ta te , 131
S. W. 3d 497, 499 (Te x. Crim

. App. 2004 ). Whi le a sent enc ing co urt may

or de r the de fe ndant to make re sti tut io n, the re are lim i t s
. R est it utio n
must be made to a vic ti m of the of fe nse. T E X

. C O D E C R IM

. P R O C

. A N N

. art

. 42. 037( a) (W est 2010 ). The burde n o f pro ving the amo unt of the lo ss
susta ine d i s o n t he sta te s. S ee id. Art

. 42. 037( k).

Due pro ce ss co ns i d e r a t io ns lim it the re sti tut io n can or de r in thre e

w a y s: (1) the amo unt must be just and suppo rt ed by the re co rd; (2) t h e

re sti tut io n or de re d must be fo r the of fe nse fo r which the de fe ndant i s cri minal ly re spo nsible ; and ( 3 ) the re sti tut io n must be fo r the vic ti m or vic ti ms of the of

fe nse fo r which the de fe ndant is charg ed

. Cabla v. St at e , 6 S. W. 3d 543, 5 446 (Te x. Cri m. App. 1 999)

.
Addit io nally , the re must be ev ide nce in the re co r d to suppo rt an

amo unt of re sti tut io n. Buehle r v
. S t a te , 709 S. W. 2d 49, 52 (Te x. App.

– Houst on [1 s t D i s t

. ] 1986 , pe t. re f’d). In fact , the amo unt of re sti tut io n
must be just , and it must have a fact ual basis wit hin the lo ss of the vic ti m. Cart wri ght v. St at e , 605 S. W. 2d 287, 289 (Te x. Crim

. App. 1980 ). A co urt 5canno t or de r re sti tut io n to any but the vic ti m or vic ti ms of the of fe nse or

re imb urse me nt fo r ex pe nses incurre d by the cri me vic ti m’s co mpe nsati on fund wit h which the of fe nder is charg ed

. Mart in v. St at e , 874 S. W. 2d 674,
679- 80 (Te x. Cri m. App. 1 994)

.
The Court o f A p p e a l s has the autho rit y to mo dify inco rre ct judg me nts when the nece ssary info rma ti on is ava ilab le to do so. T E X

. R.
A P P

. P. 4 3. 2(b)

.

B

. A na l y s i s o f R e l e v a nt F a c t s

In the firs t case , list ing Pat ric ia Cro cke tt a s t he co mpl ainant , on Se pte mbe r 5, 2010 , the tr ial co urt imp ose d the te n y e a r s de fe rre d adj udicat io n and de te rmi ned that re sti tut io n wo uld be de te rmi ned. I CRA 34-3 5. On Nov em be r 27, 2012 , the co urt ame nded the co ndit io ns in this

case and include d $731 .9 6 to East T e x a s M ed ical Cent er - Eme rge ncy Med ical Se rvi ce (ETMC-EMS ) and $853 .7 5 to East Te xas Med ical Cent er , to ta ling $1, 567. 71. I CR-A 53. The final judg me nt or de rs $1, 232. 71

paya ble to ETMC. I CR- A 8 0

. The judg me nt also inco rpo rat es an or de r
to the Te xas De part me nt of Crim inal Justi ce or de r i n g wit hdrawa l fro m

6Ms. Benne tt ’s inmat e tr us t a c c o unt. I CR-A 83. How ev er , the onl y

suppo rt in the re co rd fo r any re sti tut io n is $818 .6 9 to be paid to the Te xas Crim e Vict ims Com pe nsati on Fund i n t his c ase
. CR-P SI 7 4, 7 5, 7 7. 3

I n t he thir d case invo lve d, Mr. Te rre ll Bro wn is list ed as t h e

co mpl ainant

. I CR-C 1. The or de r plac ing Ms. Barre tt under super visi on

on Se pte mbe r 5, 2012 or de rs an amo unt of re sti tut io n to b e de te rmi ned.
I CR-C 42-4 3. On Nov em be r 3, 2012 , a n o r d e r a m endi ng the te rms of

super visi on was ent er ed o r d er ing paym ent of $68, 662. 15 to be paid to
M ot her Franc is Hosp it al. I CR-C 51. The re co rd is de vo i d t o a n y

re fe re nce suppo rt ing any amo unt to be paid to the Tri nity Mot her Franc is
Hea lt h S yst em
.
In bo th of the case s, the pre sent en c e inve sti gat io n was de signa te d

to b e part o f t he re co rd. I CR-A 94 -95, l ine 2 0; I CR-C 89-9 0, l ine 2 0.

C

. D i s c us s i o n a nd A na l y s i s
Whi le the Te xas Crim e Vict ims Com pe nsati on F u nd is able to

3 I n eac h of the thre e ca ses a pr esente nce inve stiga tion report wa s prepa red a nd order ed to be made pa rt of the Clerk’ s Record. The same doc ument was filed in e ach of Ms. Ba rre tt’s three appellate case s. Refer ence s to this porti on of the re cord, w hich must be viewe d by counsel a t the Court of Appea ls is designa ted CR-PS I

. 7re ce ive re sti tut io n, it must be suppo rt ed by the re co r d

. H e r e, the onl y

suppo rt in the re co rd re gar ding re sti tut io n i s f o r $818 .6 9. Mart in , 874
S. W. 2d at 6 7 0

- 80. That amo unt do es not mat ch the amo unt in the judg me nt invo lve d. I CR-A 80.

This tr ial co urt has pre vio usly ent er ed an or de r re la t e d t o the

paym ent of re sti tut io n funds to the ETMC-EMS. McGi ll v. St at e , No. 06-
10-0 0184 -CR, 2011 Te x. App. LEXIS 6767 (Te x. App. Te xar kana 2012 , no

pe t. ). 4 The Te xar kana co urt de te rmi ned that the EMS pro vid er was not
wit hin the range o f a l l o wabl e part ie s ent it le d to re sti tut io n under the
Code of Crim inal Pro ce dure

. Fo llo wing re mand the re sti tut io n po rt io n to
ETMC-EMS was el imi nate d and the judg me nt affi rme d. McGi ll v. St at e , No. 12-1 1-00 387- CR, 2012 Te x. App. LEXIS 7453 (Te x. App. – Tyl er 2012 ,

no pe t. ). If any part of t he re sti tut io n or de re d was to be dist ribut ed to ETMC-EMS, it is er ro r at a mini mum the judg me nt should be mo difi ed to

re fle ct onl y the re sti tut io n of $618 .6 9 to the Crim Vict ims Com pe nsati on Fund.

The o the r op ti on wo uld be t o re mand the case s to t he tr ial co urt to

4 Although unpublished c ases ha ve no pre cede ntial value, the c ourt may take g uidance from them “as a n aid in developing rea soning tha t may be employ ed.” Carill o v. State , 98 S.W .3d 789, 794 (Tex. App. – Amarillo 2003, pet. re f’d)

. 8de te rmi ne the co rre ct amo unt of re sti tut io n and to de t e r m i ne if the re is

any le gal ly suffic ie nt ev ide nce to de te rmi ne the amo unt of re sti tu t i o n.
B ur t v
. S t at e , 445 S. W. 3d 752, 758 (Te x. Crim

. App. 2014 ); Bart on v. St at e , 21 S. W. 3d 287, 290 (Te x. Crim

. Ap p
. 2 0 0 0 )

. In an agg rav at ed
assault , it is ce rt ainly po ssibl e for re sti tut io n to be ow ed

. The tr ial co urt

was autho rize d to or de r re sti tut io n, the onl y de f e c t p r e s e nt is a lack of

suppo rt in the re co rd. Bee dy v. St at e , 250 S. W

. 3 d 1 0 7, 113 (Te x. Crim

. App. 2008 ).

C O N C L U S I O N

In the se case s, nei the r amo unt of re sti tut io n or de re d is suppo rt ed by
the re co rd. Ms. Barre tt see ks mo difi cat io n of the judg me nt in 114- 0873 -12

to an am o un t o f $818 .6 9 paya ble to the Te xas Crim e Vict im’ s Com pe nsati on Fund and mo dif i c a ti on in 114- 0875 -12 to re fle ct no

re sti tut io n ow ed

. I n t he alt er nati ve , Ms. Barre tt see ks the judg me nt in

ea ch case as r ef

le ct ed i n t he amo unt of r est it utio n t o be v acat ed and the

cause s r em ande d.

9P R A Y E R F O R R E L I E F

WHEREFO RE, PREMIS ES CONS ID ERED , Counse l re spe ct fully

pray s that this Court mo dify the judg me nt in ea ch c a se or vac at e and

re mand to t he tr ial co urt.

Respe ct fully subm it te d,

/ s/ Jam es Huggl er Jam es W. Hugg le r, J r. St at e Bar Numbe r 0079 5437 100 E. Fe rguso n, Suit e 805 Tyl er , Te xas 7570 2 903- 593- 2400 903- 593- 3830 fa x ATTO RNEY FO R APP ELLANT

10C E R T I F I C A T E O F S E R V I C E

A tr ue and co rre ct co py o f t h e fo re go ing Brie f of the Appe llant has be en fo rwa rde d to co unsel fo r the St at e by el ec tr oni c fili ng on this the 22 n d day
of S ep te mbe r, 2 015.

Att or ney fo r the S ta te : Mr. Mi ke We st Sm it h Co unty Crim inal Dist ric t Att or ney ’s Offi ce 100 N. Bro adwa y, 4 t h F lo or Tyl er , Te xas 7570 2

C E R T I F I C A T E O F C O M P L I A N C E I ce rt ify t hat this Bri ef c om plie s w it h Te x. R. App. P

. 9. 4, spe cifi call y using 14 po int Cent ury fo nt and c ont ains 2, 272 wo rds as co unte d b y Cor el W or dPe rfe ct v er sio n x 6.

/ s/ Jam es Huggl er Jam es W. Hugg le r, J r.

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