### TEXA S C OU R T OF A PPEAL S, THIR D DIST R ICT , AT AU STIN

NO. 03-0 8 -00 706 -CR

F r e ddy L e e He ine , A ppe lla nt

v. The State of Texas, App ellee

F ROM THE DISTRICT CO URT OF B ELL COUNTY , 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 5810 6 , HO NORAB LE MARTH A J. TRUDO , JUDGE PRESIDI NG

M E M O R

A N D U M O P I N I O N

Fr eddy L ee H eine a

ppeals from the revoc ation of his community supervision and the adjudication of his guilt for the offense of i ntentionally and knowingly causing serious mental injury to a child y oung er tha

n fiftee n y ear s of ag e. The court found tr ue five alleg ed violations of the terms of his community supervisi o n. Heine c ontends that the statute under ly ing one of the

a lle g e d v iol a tio ns is unc on sti tut ion a lly va g ue . We a ff

ir m. I n September 2005, H eine plea ded g uilty t o t he off ense of injury to a child. Adjudication was de fer

red for three y ear s and he was place d on community supervision. As par

t of his community

supervision, Heine was re quired not to violate cr iminal laws, to pay restitution of $6,840, to pay

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buse testing fee s, and to complete 350 hour s of community service

. I n J u n e 2008, the State filed a n amende d motion to adjudicate, alleg ing that Heine

c o m m i t t e d

f i v e v i o l a t i o n s o f t h e t e r

m s o f h i s c o m m u n i t y s e r

v i c e : ( 1 ) h e i n t e n t i o n a l l y, kn o w i n g l y,2

and re cklessly

cause d bodily

injury to his 40-y ear -old sister by punching her in the ja

w and pushing he r ha rd to the g ro un d; (2 ) he ma de re pe a te d te le ph on e c a lls to a wo man in a mann e r reas on ably likely to hara ss, annoy , alar

m, and embarra ss her with the i ntention to have that effe ct; (3) he failed t o p a y r e s t i tu t i o n a s o r d e r e d a t$ 2 0 5 p e r m o n t h , b e i n g d e l i n qu e n tb y $ 1 , 5 2 4 ; ( 4 ) h e f a i l e d t o p a y a $5 monthly

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buse test fe e, beingdelinquent by $5; a nd (5) he failed to c omplete ten hours per month of c ommunity service , having completed o n l y 2 6 5 o f the 320 hours due by that time. Heine ple aded “ not true” to e ach a lleg ation. The c ourt found all five alleg at i o n s t ru e, revoke d Heine’ s community supervision, adjudicated him guilty of injury to a child, and a ssessed sente nce at fiftee n y ear s in prison.

Heine a ppeals, c ontending that the re vocation and a djudication wer e er roneous be c a us e the te le ph on e ha

ra ssm e nt s ta tut e is unc on sti tut ion a lly va g ue on its fa c e a nd

a s a pp lie d to him beca use t he “rea sonable man” standard is undefine d, particula rly as it applies to a mentally reta rded man. He doe s not contest the finding s of true on the re maining violations. He contends only that the mon e tary

a nd c omm un ity su pe rv isi on vio la tio ns we re no t se ri ou s a nd that th e fi g ht w ithhis sister was “simply

a fa mily dispute which wa s quickly resolved.” Appellant conte nds that, without the te le ph on e ha

ra ssm e nt c ha

rg e , the c ourt

wo uld have be e n le ss l ike ly

to h a ve re vo ke d h is supervision and that his mental re tardation would have mitigated ag ainst the harsh punishment of fiftee n y ear s in prison.

I f a sing le gro u n d fo r revoc ation is supported by the evidenc e and is va lid, the trial court doe s not abuse its discretion by revokinga ter

m of commun ity

supervision. Mo or e

v . S tat e , 60 5 S.W. 2d 92 4, 92 6 (T e x. Cr im. Ap p. 1980 ); Ma rti ne z v . S tat e , 130 S.W .3d 95, 993

(Tex. App.—El Paso 2003, no pet.). The State ha s t h e burden of showing by a pre pondera

nce of the evidenc e that the defenda nt committed a violation of the conditions of community supervision. Cob b v . S

tat e , 851 S.W .2d 871, 873 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993). The trial court’s o rd er re v o king community

supervision is review ed under an abuse of discre ti o n s t an d ar d

. Ri c k e ls v . S tat e , 202 S.W .3d 759, 763 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). The trial c ourt is the sole judg e of the cre dibilit y of the wi tne sse s and the we ig ht g ive n to th e ir te sti mony , a

nd the e vid e nc e is r e vie we d in the lig ht m os t favor able to the t rial court’s ruling

. Car do na v . S tat e , 665 S.W .2d 492, 493 (Tex. Crim. App. 1984). Th e Sta te int

ro du c ed evi de nc e c on c e rn inga ll o f t he a lle g e d v iol a tio ns . Wh e n h is community

supervision offic er te stified, Heine ha d sevente en day s remaining on his three- y ear community supervision term. She testified that he still owed $1,084 in restitution, but that he had p ai d h i s d el i n qu en tt es tfe e. He h ad3 5 h o u rs o f c o m m u n i t y s u p er v i s i o n re m ai n i n g. Heine’ s sister testified re g ardinghis assault on her. She te stified that, as he of ten did, He ine wa s d e mand ingmon e y fr om he r a nd he r mot

he r a nd be c a me a ng ry

wh e n th e y

de c lin e d. Hi s sis te r t e sti fi e d th a t, w he n h e c ur se d at th e m and g ot u p in the ir mot he r’ s f a c e , h is s ist e r c a lle d h im a “son of a bitch.” H eine’ s sister testified t hat s he walked out of t he house and that Heine followed her, hit her

in the jaw, and pushed her down. She testified that her jaw and chest we re br uised, and the swelling in her jawprompted her to seek medic al attention. Ther e wa s no contrar y evidenc e. The e vidence of He ine’s assault on his sister alone is sufficient to support revoc ation. Heine doe s not challeng e that finding or t he other three violations. The fif teen- y ear sentenc e is for the or ig ina l c ha

rg e d of fe ns e —in jur y to a c hil d— no t hi s su bs e qu e nt s up e rv isi on

vio la tio ns that a lso may form the basis of separ ate criminal prose cution and punishment. Wit hout addre ssing whe ther4

the r e w a s a n y e r

r o r in th e tr ia l c o u rt’ s c o n s id e r a ti o n o f th e te le p h o n e h a r a s s me n t a ll eg ation, we conclude that any such error was harmless. We find no abuse of discretion in t he cour t’s revoc ation of He ine’s ter

m of community

supervision. Affir med.

G. Alan Waldrop, Just ice Be fore J ustices Patterson, Pember ton and Waldrop Affir med Filed: August 14, 2009 Do No t Pu

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