Case Name: Joyce McMillin STURDIVANT, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 2013-10-09
Citations: 411 S.W.3d 487
Docket Number: No. PD-0759-13
Parties: Joyce McMillin STURDIVANT, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 411
Pages: 487–488

Head Matter:
Joyce McMillin STURDIVANT, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.
No. PD-0759-13.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 9, 2013.
John M. Hurley, Waco, TX, for Appellant.
Edward Alan Bennett, Sheehy, Lovelace, & Mayfield, P.C., Waco, TX, Lisa C. McMinn, State’s Attorney, Austin, TX, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted of murder and attempted capital murder and sentenced to thirty years and fifteen years confinement. On appeal, Appellant claimed that the trial court erred in taxing as court costs the amounts paid to attorneys pro tem for the State and the expenses for the State's investigators and experts. The Court of Appeals held that Appellant failed to preserve this claim because she did not complain to the trial court and she did not file any post-judgment motions complaining that the assessment of these court costs was improper. Appellant petitioned this Court for discretionary review.
When the Court of Appeals issued its opinion in this case, it did so without the benefit of this Court's opinion in Landers v. State, 402 S.W.3d 252 (Tex.Crim.App. 2013). Therefore, we vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand for that court to consider the effect of Lan-ders, if any, on its reasoning and analysis in this case.