Court Opinion

ID: 9408289
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-12 08:08:44.628094+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:43.135900
License: Public Domain

In the
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                   No. 06-23-00039-CR

          MICAH DAVID BROWN, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

          On Appeal from the 4th District Court
                 Rusk County, Texas
              Trial Court No. CR21-131

      Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
       Memorandum Opinion by Justice van Cleef
                                  MEMORANDUM OPINION

        Micah David Brown entered an open plea of guilty to intoxication assault with a motor

vehicle causing serious bodily injury.         After a bench trial on punishment, the trial court

sentenced Brown to eight years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Brown argues (1) that the trial court

did not allow him to comment on his presentence investigation report during the sentencing

hearing and (2) that his counsel “was ineffective in failing to object to this oversight.”1

        We addressed Brown’s points of error in detail in our opinion of this date on Brown’s

appeal in cause number 06-23-00038-CR. For the reasons stated therein, we likewise conclude

in this appeal that Brown failed to preserve his first point of error and cannot show that his

counsel rendered ineffective assistance on a silent record. As a result, we affirm the trial court’s

judgment.

                                                 Charles van Cleef
                                                 Justice

Date Submitted:         June 30, 2023
Date Decided:           July 6, 2023

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1
In companion cause number 06-23-00038-CR, Brown appeals his conviction for intoxication manslaughter with a
motor vehicle.
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