IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-19-00134-CR

GARY LAYNE SMITH,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 66th District Court

Hill County, Texas

Trial Court No. 39,230

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Gary Layne Smith, pled guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled 

substance, morphine, in an amount greater than one gram but less than four grams. See

TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 481.115(c). Pursuant to a plea bargain, the trial court 

deferred adjudication of guilt and placed Smith on community supervision for five years. 

Subsequently, the State filed an application to adjudicate guilt, and after a hearing, the 

trial court found all but three of the allegations contained in the State’s application to be 

true. The trial court found Smith guilty and sentenced him to seven and one-half years 

in prison. Because we sustain Smith’s issues on appeal, we modify the trial court’s 

judgment and affirm it as modified.
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RESTITUTION

In his first two issues, Smith complains that the trial court erred by requiring him 

to repay extradition expenses and unpaid community-supervision fees. In its judgment, 

the trial court specifically assessed these two amounts as “restitution”. Restitution is part 

of punishment. See Burt v. State, 445 S.W.3d 752, 756 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). And because 

it is part of punishment, restitution must be pronounced on the record as part of the 

sentence. Alexander v. State, 301 S.W.3d 361, 364 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2009, no pet.)

(acknowledged by Burt v. State, 445 S.W.3d 752, 760 n.33 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014)). In this 

case, it was not. Therefore, the trial court’s judgment is erroneous.

Issues one and two are sustained, and the judgment is modified to delete the 

restitution amounts of $516.35 and $562.00.1 

TRUE OR NOT TRUE

In his third issue, Smith contends the judgment recites that he pled “true” to the 

allegations contained in the State’s application to adjudicate guilt when he pled “not 

true.” The record reflects that at the March 27, 2019, revocation hearing, Smith pled “not 

true” to all of the State’s allegations. However, the judgment adjudicating guilt 

mistakenly indicates that Smith pled “true” to allegations 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

We agree with Smith that the judgment should be modified.

A court of appeals has authority to correct or reform a judgment to make the 

record speak the truth when it has information to do so. See TEX. R. APP. P. 43.2(b); see 

also Bigley v. State, 865 S.W.2d 26, 27-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993) (interpreting former Rule 

1 To the extent that a certified bill of cost in this case has been prepared, we also modify it by striking the 

assessment of these amounts. See e.g., Bryant v. State, No. 10-18-00352-CR, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 6000, at 

*3 (Tex. App.—Waco July 28, 2021, no pet. h.) (publish).
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of Appellate Procedure 80, the precursor to rule 43.2); French v. State, 830 S.W.2d 607, 609 

(Tex. Crim. App. 1992); Asberry v. State, 813 S.W.2d 526, 531 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1991, pet. 

ref’d). Accordingly, Smith’s third issue is sustained, and we modify the trial court’s 

judgment adjudicating guilt to reflect a ”NOT TRUE” entry under the heading, “Plea to

Motion to Adjudicate.”

CONCLUSION

Because each of Smith’s issues on appeal have been sustained, the trial court’s 

judgment adjudicating guilt is modified to: (1) eliminate restitution as ordered for the 

extradition and unpaid community supervision fees;2 and (2) reflect a ”NOT TRUE” entry 

under the heading, “Plea to Motion to Adjudicate.” The trial court’s judgment is, 

therefore, affirmed as modified.

TOM GRAY

Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray,

Justice Johnson, and 

Justice Wright3

(Justice Johnson dissenting and concurring)

Affirmed as modified

Opinion delivered and filed August 31, 2021

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2 To the extent a certified bill of costs exists which also includes these fees, the extradition fees in the amount 

of $516.35 and the unpaid community supervision fees in the amount of $562.00 are stricken 

3 The Honorable Jim R. Wright, Senior Chief Justice (Retired) of the Eleventh Court of Appeals, sitting by 

assignment of the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. See TEX. GOV'T CODE §§ 74.003, 75.002, 75.003.