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----- ----- -- A ppe l l antR and ol ph H obbsJr . w asch ar ged w i t h bur gl ary ofa hab i t at i on in t h r e e s e p a r a t e c a u s e n u m b e r s . H o b b s e n t e r e d o p e n p le a s o fg u ilt yt o a ll t hr ee of f enses and pl eaded t r ue t o t he enhan cem entpar agr aphs i n each i ndi ct m ent . Af t era puni sh m enthe ar i ng, t he t r i al co urtor al l y s ent enc ed H obbs to thirty y e a rs’ i m p ri so n m e n t f o r ea c h co n v i c ti o n a n d o rde red the se n ten c e s to r un con cur r ent l y. The t r i al court ’ s w r i t t en j udg m ent s r ef l ectt hese sent ences2

and al so r equi r e H obb s t o pay cour tcost s t ot al i ng $ 83 2. 00 f oral l t hr ee causes. I n a s i ngl e i ss ue, H obbsar gue s t he t r i al co urt ’ s w r i t t en j udgm ent s sh oul d be re fo rm e d to d e l e te th e re q u i re m e n t th a t H o b b s p a yc o u rt c o s ts b e c a u s e c o u rt cost s w er e notannou nced i n open courtas partoft he sent ences. A s t he S t at e poi nt s out , dur i ng t he pend ency o f th i s a ppeal , t he T exas C o u rt o f C ri m i n a l A p p e a l s d i rec tl yad d res se d this i ss u e an d h e l d tha t co u rtco sts ar e no t pu ni t i ve a nd , c on s e qu e nt l y, do no t ha ve t o be i nc l ud e d i n t he or al p ro n o u n c e m e n t o f th e s e n te n c e i n o rd e r to b e i n c l u d e d i n th e tri a l c o u rt’s w ri tte n j u d g m e n t. Wei r v. S tate , No . P D- 0 6 1 6
- 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 W L 6 0 5 3 6 2 , a t*2 ( Tex . C r i m . A pp. M ar . 11 , 20 09 ) . T he cour tn ot ed t hatthe l egi sl at ur e i nt ended t hatt h e a sses sm entofcourtcost s agai nsta convi ct ed def endan tbe “a n o n p u n it iv e ‘r e c o u p m e n to ft h e c o s t s o fju d ic ia l re s o u r c e s e x p e n d e d in conn ect i on w i t h t he t r i al oft he case’ ” and t hatr equi r i ng a d e fen d a n t t o pay c o u rtc o s t s “ d o e s n o ta lt e rt h e r a n g e o fp u n is h m e n tt o w h ic h t h e d e f e n d a n tis subj ect , ort he num berofyear s ass essed. ” Id. a t * 1

– 2 (c i ta ti o n s o m i tte d ). Th i s courtis b oun d by t he pr ecedent oft he T exas C our tofC r i m i nal A p p e a l s a n d h a s n o a u th o ri tyto d i s re g a rd o r o v e rru l e i t. Si erra v. S tate , 157 S .W .3 d 5 2 , 6 0 (T e x . A p p .— F o r tW o rth 2 0 0 4 ), a ff'd, 218 S. W . 3d 85 ( Tex. C ri m . A p p . 2 0 0 7 ). C o n se q u e n tl y , w e h o l d tha t t h e tr i a l co u rtd i d n o t ne e d to ann ounc e c ourtco st s aspa rtoft he se nt enc esi n or dert o i ncl ude t hem i n t he3

w ri tte n j u d g m e n ts . S e eWeir, 2 0 0 9 W L6 0 5 3 6 2 , a t * 2 . W e o v e rru l e H o b b s ’s so l e i ss u e an d affi rm the tr i a l co u rt ’s j u d g m e n t.

SU E W A LKER J U S T I C E PA N EL: LI V I N G STO N , D A U PH I N O T, an d W A LKER, JJ. DO NO T P UBLI SH Tex. R. A pp. P. 47. 2( b) DEL I VERE D: Apr i l 16, 2009