## COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02 - 17 - 00324 - CR NO. 02 - 17 - 00325 - CR NO. 02 - 17 - 00326 - CR NO. 02 - 17 - 00327 - CR

TIMOTHY WAYNE PACE, JR. APPELLANT
V. THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE

---------- FROM CRIMINAL DISTRI CT COURT NO. 1 OF TA RRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO S . 1480422D, 1480424D , 1480425D , 1480428D

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### MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

---------- Appellant Timothy Wayne Pace, Jr. entered an open plea of guilty to three indictments alleging possession with intent to deliver drugs (heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine) and to one indictment allegin g unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. A single plea hearing was held on the four cases during which

1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.2

the trial court referenced the written plea admonishments and the judicial confessions filed in each case and asked Pace whether he had signed the m, whether he had signed them freely and voluntarily after having adequate time to discuss them with his attorney, whether he was satisfied with his representation in each of the cases, and whether he understood that he was waiving or giving up all the rig h ts contained in the documents. Pace responded, “Yes, ma’am , ” to each o f the trial court’s questions. Pace then entered guilty pleas to each of the four charges against him. After a presentence investigation report was prepared, the trial court held a s entencing hearing on the four cases and, after hearing testimony, sentenced Pace to twelve years’ confinement for each of the possession

- with

- intent

- to

- deliver offenses and to ten years’ confinement for the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and ordered the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal , Pace argues in a single issue that he was not properly admonished in accordance with Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 26.13. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 26.13 (West Supp. 201 7 ). R elying on the written admonishments that appear in the initial electronic clerk’s record that w as filed in each of the four cause numbers, Pace argues that he was not made aware of the consequences of his guilty pleas because each of the written admo nishments appear s “to contain a redaction wherein the words ‘the consequences’ has been omitted” such that the remaining text now says, “I am aware of my plea.”3

After Pace filed his brief, the trial court clerk filed a supplemental clerk’s record in each of Pace’s cases reflecting that the original documents did not have the words “the consequences” obscured; thus, each of the written admonishments Pace signed stat e s , “I am aware of the consequences of my plea.” Because the apparent redactions challenged by Pace on appeal are nonexistent in the original documents as reflected in the supplemental clerk ’ s records , we hold that Pace was properly admonished in accordance with article
26.13. See id. art. 26.13 (providing that court may make the required admon itions in writing if it receives a statement signed by the defendant and the defendant’s attorney that he understands the admonitions and is aware of the consequences of his plea) ; see also Estrada v. State , 981 S.W.2d 68, 70 (Tex. App.

— San Antonio 1998, p et. ref’d) (holding written admonishments were valid). Accordingly, we overrule Pace’s sole issue . Because Pace challenges no other aspect of his convictions, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

/s/ Sue Walker SUE WALKER JUSTICE PANEL: SUDDERTH, C.J.; WALKER and MEIER, JJ. DO NOT PUBLISH Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: March 8, 2018