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PD-1284-15
                           PD-1284-15                     COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                                                           AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                          Transmitted 9/28/2015 1:50:07 PM
                                                            Accepted 9/30/2015 1:44:43 PM
                                                                            ABEL ACOSTA
         IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF        TEXAS                           CLERK
                       AUSTIN, TEXAS

FARRELL DANE WEST,
         APPELLANT

                                NO.                                    _
                                (COURT OF APPEALS NO. 11-15-00070-
                                CR; TRIAL COURT NO. 9248-D)
STATE OF TEXAS,
      APPELLEE
                  **************************************
                  PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
                      FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
                      ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
                            EASTLAND, TEXAS
                  **************************************
               CHIEF JUSTICE JIM R. WRIGHT, PRESIDING
      *********************************************************
       APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
      *********************************************************
                                      STAN BROWN
                                      P.O. BOX 3122
                                      ABILENE, TEXAS 79604
                                      325-677 -1851
                                      FAX 325-677-3107
                                      STATE BAR NO. 03145000
                                      EMAIL: mstrb@aol.com

                                      ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT

      September 30, 2015
          IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
                        AUSTIN, TEXAS

FARRELL DANE WEST,
         APPELLANT

                               NO.                             __
                               (COURT OF APPEALS NO. 11-15-00070-
                               CR; TRIAL COURT NO. 9248-D)
STATE OF TEXAS,
      APPELLEE

             IDENTITY OF JUDGE, PARTIES, AND COUNSEL

    Hon. Thomas M. Wheeler     Stan Brown
    350h District Court        Appellant's Attorney/ Appeal
    Taylor County Courthouse   P.O. Box 3122
    Abilene, TX 79602          Abilene, TX 79604

    James Eidson               Larry D. Robertson
    District Attorney          Appellant's Attorney/Trial
    Taylor County Courthouse   P.O. Box 889
    Abilene, TX 79602          Abilene, TX 79604

    Mr. Britt Lindsey          Farrell Dane West, Appellant
    Appellate Section          4189 Oldham Lane
    Taylor County Courthouse   Abilene, TX 79602
    Abilene, TX 79602

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                        TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUBJECT                                                          PAGE

IDENTITY OF JUDGE, PARTIES, AND COUNSEL                                .ii

STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT                                       v

STATEMENT OF THE CASE                                                   1

STATEMENT OF PROCEDURAL HISTORY                                         2

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW

       Has the time come to formally and straightforwardly abandon the
unjust concept Due Process of Law does not mandate proof beyond a
reasonable doubt rather than preponderance of the evidence regarding any
alleged violation of a condition of community supervision? (I R.R. at 23-
106)(C.R. at 68)                                                        3

ARGUMENT                                                                3

PRAYER FOR RELIEF                                                     10

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE                                                I0

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE                                             11

                                   III
                            INDEX OF AUTHORITIES

CASES                                                               PAGE
Campbell v. State, 456 S.W.2d 918 (Tex. Crim. App. 1970)                .3,6

Collier v. Poe, 732 S.W.2d 332 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987)                   3,4

Dansby v. State, 398 S.W.3d 233 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012)                   6-7

Ex Parte Carmona,       185 S.W.3d 492 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006)           7-8

Ex Parte Doan, 369 S.W.3d 205 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012)                   .5, 7

Gagnon      v. Scarpelli,   411 U.S. 778, 93 S. Ct. 1756, 36 L. Ed. 2d 656
(1973)                                                              3,4

Grady v. North Carolina, 575 U.S. _,        133 S. Ct. 1368, 83USLW 3758 At
Slip Op. 4 (March 30,2015)                                             3,9

In Re Gault, 387 U.S. 1,87 S. Ct. 1428,18 L. Ed. 2d 527 (1967)             .3, 4

In Re    Winship,    397 U.S. 358, 90 S. Ct. 1068, 25 L. Ed. 2d 368, 375
(1970)                                                          3,4,5

Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307,99 S.Ct. 2781,61 L. Ed. 2d 560 (1979) ... 5

Kelly v. State, 483 S.W.2d 467 (Tex. Crim. App. 1972)              .5-6,8-9

Morrissey    v. Brewer,     408 U.S. 471, 92 S. Ct. 2593, 33 L. Ed. 2d 484
(1972)                                                              3,4

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS & RULES                                   PAGE
U.S. CONST. amend. XIV                                              passim

Tex. R. App. P. 9.4                                                      11

Tex. R. App. P. 66.3(c)                                                      3

                                       IV
             STATEMENT REGARDING ORAL ARGUMENT

     Appellant believes the QUESTION PRESENTED; whether Due Process of

Law applies to probation revocation proceedings concerning standard of proof is

an issue that merits further clarification for the bench and bar.    Therefore, the

usual give and take of oral argument would be useful for the Court in determining

whether allegations should be proved beyond a reasonable doubt in probation

revocation proceedings.   Oral argument is essential in order to aid this Court's

decisional processes by providing a more in-depth exploration of this issue.

                                           v
           IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
                         AUSTIN, TEXAS
FARRELL DANE WEST,
         APPELLANT

                                     NO.                                       __
                                     (COURT OF APPEALS NO. 11-15-00070-
                                     CR; TRIAL COURT NO. 9248-D)
STATE OF TEXAS,
      APPELLEE
                   **************************************
                   PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
                       FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
                       ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
                           EASTLAND, TEXAS
                   **************************************
                          STATEMENT OF THE CASE

          On February 18,2010, Appellant was sentenced to seven years TDCJ-

    ID, probated for seven years, with a fine of $1,000.00 for the second degree

    felony offense of possession of heroin with intent to deliver in a drug free

    zone. (C.R. at 21). On December 31, 2014, the State filed it's Motion to

    Revoke Community Supervision.           (C.R. at 70).   On March 26, 2015,

    pursuant to Appellant's plea of True, the trial court revoked the community

    supervision and sentenced Appellant to seven years TDCJ-ID.         (C.R. at

    94)(11 R.R. at 5). Notice of Appeal was timely filed. (C.R. at 91). The Trial

    Court's Certification of Defendant's Right of Appeal was filed March 31,

    2015. (C.R. at 87). Appellant seeks review of the decision of the Court of

    Appeals that affirmed the conviction.
              STATEMENT OF PROCEDURAL HISTORY

      Appellant presented one issue in his brief, and the Eastland Court of

Appeals affirmed, West v. State, 2015 WL 5192375 (Tex. App.-Eastland

September 3, 2015)(Unpublished        memorandum opinion)(Appendix).            This

petition is due to be filed by October 5, 2015; it is therefore timely filed.

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                QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW

      Has the time come to formally and straightforwardly abandon the
unjust concept Due Process of Law does not mandate proof beyond a
reasonable doubt rather than preponderance of the evidence regarding any
alleged violation of a condition of community supervision? (C.R. at 25,
31)(111R.R. at 4-5).

                               ARGUMENT

      Due Process of Law demands the recognition by this Court, as the

State must prove what it alleges beyond a reasonable doubt in order to

lawfully obtain a conviction in a criminal prosecution, it must also so prove

what it alleges in a probation revocation proceeding.   That is the essence of

the fundamental case law governing our basic constitutional protections. See

generally, In Re Gault, 387 U.S. 1,87 S. Ct. 1428, 18 L. Ed. 2d 527 (1967); In

Re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90 S. Ct. 1068, 25 L. Ed. 2d 368, 375 (1970);

Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 92 S. Ct. 2593, 33 L. Ed. 2d 484 (1972);

Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778,93 S. Ct. 1756,36 L. Ed. 2d 656 (1973);

and Grady v. North Carolina, 575 U.S. __     , 133 S. Ct. 1368, 83USLW

3758 At Slip Op. 4 (March 30, 2015)(Unanimous per curiam opinion). See

also, Collier v. Poe, 732 S.W.2d 332 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987) and Campbell

v. State, 456 S.W.2d 918 (Tex. Crim. App. 1970).

      At pages one and two of the Slip Opinion below, the Court of Appeals

wrote, "The Court of Criminal Appeals has considered whether a defendant

is 'entitled to have the question of his revocation decided beyond a

reasonable doubt' and has determined that 'the standard of proof necessary

to revoke probation should [not] be as stringent as the one necessary to

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support the initial conviction.'''   (Citation omitted).   By that statement, the

court below decided an important question of state and federal law that

conflicts with the foregoing applicable decisions of this Court and the

Supreme Court of the United States. Tex. R. App. P. 66.3(c).

      The Opinion below of September 3, 2015, we respectfully submit,

utterly failed to consider those fundamental and relevant decisions of the

Supreme Court of the United States and this Court: In Re Gault, 387 U.S. 1,

87 S. Ct. 1428, 18 L. Ed. 2d 527 (1967); In Re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90
S. Ct. 1068,25 L. Ed. 2d 368,375 (1970); Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471,

92 S. Ct. 2593, 33 L. Ed. 2d 484 (1972); and Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S.
778,93 S. Ct. 1756,36 L. Ed. 2d 656 (1973).

      Collier v. Poe, supra, 732 S.W.2d at 343-344, moreover, held Due

Process rights belong to the individual, not the State.         It is evident the

requirement there can be no criminal conviction but by sufficient evidence

necessary to convince a trier of fact beyond a reasonable doubt of every

element of the offense, and the trier of fact must rationally apply that

standard to the evidence presented, is mandated by Due Process of Law.

Campbell v. State, supra, 456 S.W.2d at 921-922 held Due Process and Due

Course of Law apply to probation revocation proceedings.             "[T]he Due

Process Clause protects the accused against conviction except upon proof

beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime

with which he is charged." In Re Winship, 397 U.S. 58, 90 S. Ct. 1068,25

LEd2d 368,375 (1970). (Emphasis supplied).

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      Jackson v. Virginia,443     U.S. 307,99    S.Ct. 2781, 61 L. Ed. 2d 560

 (1979) teaches that Winship:

       requires more than simply a trial ritual...[S]o fundamental a
      substantive constitutional standard must also require that the
      factfinder will rationally apply that standard to the facts in
      evidence ...After Winship the critical inquiry on review of the
      sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction
      must be not simply to determine whether the jury was properly
      instructed, but to determine whether the record evidence could
      reasonably support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable
      doubt. Id. at 572-573 (footnotes and citations omitted). [T]he
      relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the
      light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact
      could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a
      reasonable doubt. Id. 61 L.Ed.2d at 574.

      Due Process of Law demands a re-examination of the Texas fiction

that a revocation of community supervision is a civil or administrative

proceeding, and thus not entitled to the protections of Due Process. See, Ex

Parte Doan, 369 S.W.3d 205, 212 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012):

             A Texas community-supervision revocation proceeding
     involves the application of law to past facts that remain static. It
     is conducted according to judicial rules before a trial judge, not
     an administrative agency. Applying administrative law-the
     law that governs the decision-making                processes    of
     administrative agencies-to revocation hearings has no basis in
     the Code of Criminal Procedure. Community-supervision
     revocation proceedings are not administrative hearings; they are
     judicial proceedings, to be governed by the rules established to
     govern judicial proceedings.

      Against that backdrop, this Court's opinion in Kelly v. State, 483
S.W.2d 467,469-470 (Tex. Crim. App. 1972) which held the preponderance

of the evidence standard of proof was not constitutionally prohibited in

probation revocation proceedings,    should be revisited. Presiding         Judge

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Onion's dissent in Kelly, relying in large part on Campbell v. State, supra,

merits an in-depth examination:

             The necessity of the application of due process and equal
      protection to revocation proceedings was recognized by this
      court in Campbell v. State, 456 S.W.2d 918 (Tex.Cr.App.l970),
      where it was also stated:

            'It would indeed now be difficult to conclude that
           probation revocation hearings are not criminal
           proceedings 'where substantial rights of an accused
           may be affected.' Mempa v. Rhay, 389 u.S. 128,
           88 S. Ct. 254, 19 L. Ed. 2d 336. The revocation
           proceedings cannot be isolated from the context of
           the criminal process. See Crawford v. State,
           Tex.Cr.App., 435 S.W.2d 148.'       456 S.W.2d at
           921-922.

           See also McConnell v. Rhay, 393 U.S. 2, 89 S.Ct.
           32,21 L.Ed.2d 2 (1968).

            And only recently in Fariss v. Tipps, 463 S.W.2d 176
     (Tex.1971), which involved an application for writ of
     mandamus, the Texas Supreme Court held that a proceeding to
     revoke probation is a 'criminal prosecution' within the state
     constitution and a probationer was entitled to a speedy trial and
     further that the speedy trial provision of the Sixth Amendment
     of the United States Constitution was a due process requirement
     applicable to state revocation proceedings through the
     Fourteenth Amendment. See Article 24, Vernon's Ann.P.C.

            Certainly it has been recognized that a revocation
     proceeding is a critical stage of the criminal process where
     counsel must be appointed if the probationer is indigent,
     without counsel and has not been warned of the same. Kelly v.
     State, supra, 483 S.W.2d at 474.

     See, Dansby v. State, 398 S.W.3d 233,240 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012):

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       It bears emphasis "that a State may validly insist on answers to
       even incriminating questions and hence sensibly administer its
       probation system, as long as it recognizes that the required
       answers may not be used in a criminal proceeding and thus
       eliminate the threat of incrimination." But the appellant in this
       case was offered no such use immunity. The State cannot
       reasonably have believed that it could penalize him for
       invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege by revoking his
       conditional liberty solely on the basis of his refusal to answer
       questions that would tend to incriminate him during the course
       of the sexual history polygraph process-or, for that matter,
       during required sex offender group therapy sessions.
       (Footnotes and citations omitted).

      Presiding Judge Onion was ahead of his time in recogrnzmg a

probation revocation proceeding is not administrative.       That legal fiction

was put to rest by Ex Parte Doan, 369 S.W.3d 305, 308 (Tex. Crim. App.

2012), "our characterization of a judicial proceeding as an administrative

proceeding is, on its face inaccurate ... we have used the 'administrative' label

to imply that we would not strictly enforce procedural rules at revocation

hearings, which was an injudicious and inaccurate implication." See also, Ex

Parte Carmona, 185 S.W.3d 492,495 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006):

          To meet the requirements of due process, the final
      revocation of probation must be preceded by a hearing, where
      the probationer is entitled to written notice of the claimed
      violations of his probation, disclosure of the evidence against
      him, an opportunity to be heard in person and to present
      witnesses and documentary evidence, a neutral hearing body,
      and a written statement by the fact finder as to the evidence
      relied on and the reasons for revoking probation. As we said in
      Ex parte Hale, "the Constitution of our country has been
      interpreted to protect persons who are released [on community
      supervision], from reincarceration without due process of
      law"?"?

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       FN10. 117 S.W.3d 866,871 (Tex.Crim.Ap-I2.2003)
       (citing Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 92
S. Ct. 2593, 33 _L_.Ed.2d 484 (1972) (parole
       revocation) and Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778,
       93 S. Ct. 1756,36 L. Ed. 2d 656 (1973) ( probation
       revocation)).

   Accordingly, due process requires that reincarceration occur
only after the disclosure of evidence against the defendant.
Within this right to disclosure of evidence afforded by due
process, we can infer the requirement that revocation may not
occur when it is based solely on perjured testimony. Because
habeas review is appropriate for denials of fundamental or
constitutional rights, the applicant's claim that his community
supervision was revoked solely on perjured evidence, and
therefore without due process of law, is cognizable under the
habeas jurisdiction of this court. (Some footnotes omitted).

Presiding Judge Onion concluded his Kelly dissent as follows:

    The appellant urges that the holding in Winship compels the
application of the reasonable-doubt standard to revocation of
probation cases. It, at least, logically follows. To hold that adult
probations are to be denied due process under the correctional
rhetoric of In-loco parentis or for other reasons while juveniles
are receiving due process would be, in my opinion, an arbitrary
distinction and would raise serious equal protection issues as
well as due process considerations.[FN7]

      FN7. In Winship, the Supreme Court said: 'The
      same considerations that demand extreme caution
      in factfinding to protect the innocent adult apply as
      well to the innocent child.' 397 U.S. at 365, 90
      S.Ct. at 1073 ...

    When all the legal niceties are laid aside, a proceeding to
revoke probation involves the right of an individual to continue
at liberty or to be imprisoned. It involves the possibility of a
deprivation of liberty just as much as original criminal action or
juvenile delinquency proceeding. The factfinding process is just

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         as adverse as in other proceedings where the accused is
         afforded due process rights including the reasonable-doubt
         standard ...

             I would hold that the constitutional safeguard of proof
        beyond a reasonable doubt as a matter of due process and
        fundamental fairness is required in Texas revocation of
        probation proceedings along with the right to counsel, speedy
        trial, etc. (Some footnotes omitted). ld. at 476-477.

        See also, Grady v. North Carolina, 575 U.S. __                    , 133 S. Ct. 1368,

83USLW 3758 At Slip Op. 4 (March 30, 2015)(Citations omitted).                           I   That

Opinion      vividly     illustrates    the overriding        importance       of our        basic

constitutional protections, whatever the label applied to the proceeding in

question. This Court should therefore, we respectfully suggest, grant review

in order to give this fundamental issue of standard of proof in community

supervision revocation cases the exhaustive review it deserves.

    I  "In its brief in opposition to certiorari, the State faults Grady for failing to introduce
'evidence about the State's implementation         of the SBM program or what information, if
any, it currently obtains through the monitoring process.' Brief in Opposition 11. Without
evidence that it is acting to obtain information, the State argues, 'there is no basis upon
which this Court can determine whether North Carolina conducts a 'search'                    of an
offender enrolled in its SBM program.' Ibid. (citing Jones, 565 U.S., at --,             n. 5, 132
S. Ct., at 951, n. 5 (noting that a government intrusion is not a search unless 'done to
obtain information'».     In other words, the State argues that we cannot be sure its program
for satellite-based monitoring of sex offenders collects any information. If the very name
of the program does not suffice to rebut this contention, the text of the statute surely does:
  'The satellite-based     monitoring program shall use a system that provides all of the
  following:
     '(I) Time-correlated      and continuous     tracking of the geographic     location of the
  subject.. ..
    '(2) Reporting of subject's violations of prescriptive and proscriptive schedule or
  location requirements."     N.C. Gen.Stat. Ann. § 14-208.40(c).'
The State's program is plainly designed to obtain information. And since it does so by
physically intruding on a subject's body, it effects a Fourth Amendment search."

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                             PRAYER FOR RELIEF

       WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Appellant respectfully

prays that this Court grant discretionary review and oral argument and, after

full   briefing   on   the    merits,   Issue   an   opmion    reversmg    this

convictionlrevocation of community supervision, and remand this cause to

the trial court for a new hearing under constitutionally appropriate standards

as this Court shall determine are mandated by Due Process of Law.

                                         Respectfully submitted,
                                         lsi Stan Brown
                                         STAN BROWN
                                         P.O. BOX 3122
                                         ABILENE, TEXAS 79604
                                         325-677-1851
                                         FAX 325-677-3107
                                         STATE BAR NO. 03145000
                                         EMAIL: mstrb@aol.com

                                         ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT

                       CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

       I hereby certify that on this      28th day of September, 2015, a true
and correct copy of the above and foregoing Petition for Discretionary
Review was emailed to Britt Lindsey, Appellate Section, Taylor County
District Attorney's Office, Taylor County Courthouse, Abilene, Texas
lindseyb@taylorcountytexas.org;      James Eidson, District Attorney, Taylor
County Courthouse, Abilene, Texas eidsonj@taylorcountyteas.org; and to
Ms.       Lisa     McMinn,          State     Prosecuting   Attorney,      at
information@spa.texas.gov .

                                        lSI Stan Brown
                                        STAN BROWN

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                   CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

      I hereby certify that according to my computer program used to
prepare the foregoing document, the word count, in accordance with Tex. R.
App. P. 9.4, is     2145 words; and further certify that the brief is in Times
14-point type, except for footnotes which are Times 12-point type.
                                       lSI Stan Brown
                                       STAN BROWN

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APPENDIX
Opinion filed September 3, 2015

                                      In The

        ~ltbtntb ~ourt of ~tal~
                              No. 11-1S-00070-CR

                    FARRELL DANE WEST, Appellant
                                        v.
                     THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 350th District Court
                            Taylor County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 9248-0

                     MEMORANDUM                OPINION
      Appellant, Farrell Dane West, appeals the trial court's judgment revoking his
community supervision for a conviction of possession of a controlled substance with
the intent to deliver in a drug-free zone. In one issue on appeal, Appellant argues
that due process of law requires that proof of a violation of any condition of
community supervision should be beyond a reasonable doubt rather than by a
preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.
                                  Background Facts
       The grand jury indicted Appellant on one count of possession of a controlled
substance with the intent to deliver in a drug-free zone. Appellant pleaded guilty,
and under the terms of the plea agreement, the trial court convicted Appellant,
assessed punishment, placed Appellant on community supervision for a term of
seven years, and assessed a $1,000 fine. Subsequently, the State filed a motion to
revoke Appellant's    community supervision and alleged that Appellant violated
multiple conditions of his community supervision. Appellant pleaded true to twenty-
five violations.   The trial court revoked Appellant's community supervision and
assessed Appellant's punishment at confinement for a term of seven years and a fine
of$1,000.
      Appellant argues on appeal, "That a person can be sentenced to seven years
in the penitentiary for such matters, proved only by a preponderance of the evidence,
should shock the conscience."     The State contends that Appellant has waived this
argument when he failed to present it to the trial court.
                                       Analysis
      The Court of Criminal Appeals has considered whether a defendant is
"entitled to have the question of his revocation decided beyond a reasonable doubt"
and has determined that "the standard of proof necessary to revoke probation should
[not] be as stringent as the one necessary to support the initial conviction." Kelly v.
State, 483 S.W.2d 467,469-70     (Tex. Crim. App. 1972); Jones v. State, No. 11-13-
00075-CR, 2015 WL 1471963, at *1 (Tex. App.-Eastland             Mar. 26, 2015, pet.
ref d). The State must prove a violation by a preponderance of the evidence, and
proof of anyone of the alleged violations is sufficient to uphold the trial court's
decision to revoke. Cardona v. State, 665 S.W.2d 492, 493 (Tex. Crim. App. 1984);

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Moore v. State, 605 S.W.2d 924, 926 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1980); Jones,
2015 WL 1471963, at *1.            Because the Court of Criminal Appeals has held
otherwise, we decline to hold that a violation of community supervision must be
proven beyond a reasonable doubt. We overrule Appellant's sole issue.
                                    This Court's Ruling
       We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

                                                          JOHN M. BAILEY
                                                          JUSTICE

September 3, 2015
Do not publish. See TEX.R. ApP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Wright, C.J.,
Willson, J., and Bailey, J.

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                                11TH   COURT OF APPEALS
                                   EASTLAND, TEXAS
                                       JUDGMENT

Farrell Dane West,                              * From  the 350th District Court
                                                  of Taylor County,
                                                  Trial Court No. 9248-D.

Vs. No. 11-15-00070-CR                          * September   3, 2015

The State of Texas,                             * Memorandum     Opinion by Bailey, J.
                                                  (Panel consists of: Wright, C.l,
                                                  Willson, J., and Bailey, J.)

      This court has inspected the record in this cause and concludes that there
is no error in the judgment below.     Therefore, in accordance with this court's
opinion, the judgment of the trial court is in all things affirmed.