IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-12-00259-CR

SAM WILEY, JR.,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 54th District Court

McLennan County, Texas

Trial Court No. 2011-207-C2

O P I N I O N

Sam Wiley, Jr. was convicted of the offense of hindering apprehension and 

sentenced to eight years in prison and a $1,000 fine; however, that sentence was 

suspended and Wiley was placed on community supervision for a period of eight years. 

TEX. PEN. CODE ANN. § 38.05 (West 2011). One of the terms of his community 

supervision required Wiley to reimburse McLennan County for the cost of his courtappointed attorney in the amount of $400. The State later filed a motion to revoke his 

community supervision and the trial court found that Wiley had violated the terms and 
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conditions of his community supervision, revoked his community supervision, and 

sentenced him to eight years in prison and a $1,000 fine. The judgment from the 

revocation assessed attorney's fees against Wiley in the amount of $800, which included 

the prior assessment from when he was placed on community supervision and a second 

assessment of $400 for the attorney's fees assessed for the revocation proceedings. 

Wiley complains that the evidence was insufficient for the trial court to have assessed 

the entire amount of the attorney's fees pursuant to Mayer v. State. Mayer v. State, 309 

S.W.3d 552 (Tex. Crim. App. 2010). The State again concedes that the evidence was 

insufficient to support the assessment of the attorney's fees for the revocation of Wiley's 

community supervision but not for the attorney's fees assessed at the time of the 

imposition of the community supervision.1 We agree that the evidence was insufficient 

for the second assessment of the $400 in attorney's fees at the time of the revocation of 

Wiley's community supervision. 

However, as to the first assessment, we have previously determined that a 

complaint regarding the assessment of attorney's fees as a condition of community 

supervision must be raised at the time the condition was imposed. See Price v. State, No. 

10-10-00303-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 3321 at *5 (Tex. App.—Waco Apr. 25, 2012, no 

pet.) (citing Speth v. State, 6 S.W.3d 530 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999)). We recognize that the 

appellate courts are divided as to whether or not a complaint regarding the imposition 

 

1 This is not the first time that the State has conceded error in an appeal from a post-Mayer judgment.
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of attorney's fees originally assessed in a criminal proceeding may be raised for the first 

time on appeal from the revocation of community supervision. See, e.g., Wolfe v. State, 

No. 07-10-00201-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 5368 at *11 (Tex. App.—Amarillo July 6, 

2012, no pet. h.) (concluding that even though a condition of appellant's community 

supervision required payment of court-appointed attorney's fees, at the time of 

adjudication evidence was insufficient to support the trial court's assessment of those 

fees as court costs); Derby v. State, No. 09-11-0256-CR, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 9810, at *6-7 

(Tex. App.—Beaumont Dec. 14, 2011, no pet.) (not designated for publication) (same); 

Beck v. State, No. 13-11-00646-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 7135 at *5 (Tex. App.—Corpus 

Christi Aug. 23, 2012, no pet. h.) (not designated for publication) (same); but see, c.f.,

Jackson v. State, No. 02-09-00258-CR, 2010 Tex. App. LEXIS 10115 at *18 (Tex. App.—Fort 

Worth Dec. 23, 2010, no pet.) (must challenge fees at the time original sentence 

imposed); Hill v. State, No. 12-11-00292-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 5492 at *8 (Tex. 

App.—Tyler July 11, 2012, no pet. h.) (same). We will follow our recent decision in Price

and find that because Wiley did not complain about the assessment of the original $400 

in attorney's fees when his community supervision was imposed, he has waived that 

complaint. Id. Wiley’s sole issue is sustained in part and overruled in part.

Conclusion

The evidence was insufficient for the trial court to have assessed the attorney’s 

fees incurred by Wiley's revocation attorney in the judgment revoking Wiley's 
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probation; however, the complaint regarding the attorney's fees assessed from the 

judgment placing Wiley on community supervision was waived. Therefore, the 

judgment of the trial court is reversed in part as to the issue of the assessment of the 

court appointed attorney's fees and this proceeding is remanded to the trial court for the

entry of a new judgment in accordance with this opinion.

TOM GRAY

Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray,

Justice Davis, and

Justice Scoggins

Reversed in part and remanded

Opinion delivered and filed November 29, 2012

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