Court Opinion

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COURT OF APPEALS
                          SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                               FORT WORTH

                               NO. 2-09-137-CR

SHEILA LYNN BURNS                                                 APPELLANT

                                        V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS                                                      STATE

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           FROM THE 396TH DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION 1

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      In two issues, appellant Sheila Lynn Burns contends that her twenty-year

sentence for possession of four or more but less than two hundred grams of

methamphetamine with intent to deliver is disproportionate and cruel and

unusual, and that it was outside the authority of the presentence investigation

officer to recommend a term of years in prison. Neither of these complaints

was preserved at trial. See Tex. R. App. P. 33.1(a)(1); Rhoades v. State, 934

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           See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
S.W.2d 113, 120 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); Sanchez v. State, 222 S.W.3d 85,

89–90 (Tex. App.—Tyler 2006, no pet.); Wooley v. State, Nos. 02-06-00442-

CR, 02-06-00443-CR, 02-06-00444-CR, 2007 WL 3037932, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Fort Worth Oct. 18, 2007, pet. dism’d, untimely filed) (mem. op., not

designated for publication); see also Stewart v. LaGrand, 526 U.S. 115,

119–20, 119 S. Ct. 1018, 1021 (1999) (holding that Eighth Amendment

complaint can be procedurally defaulted). 2

      Accordingly, we overrule both points and affirm the trial court’s

judgment.

                                          PER CURIAM

PANEL: LIVINGSTON, DAUPHINOT, and MEIER, JJ.

DAUPHINOT, J. concurs without opinion.

DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

DELIVERED: January 14, 2010

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        Moreover, even if appellant had preserved these complaints, the
sentence was within the range of punishment for the offense, and this court
has held that it is not improper for the author of a presentence investigation
report to make a sentencing recommendation. See Burchfield v. State, 02-08-
00435-CR, 2009 WL 2462511, at * 2 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Aug. 13, 2009,
no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication); Moore v. State, 54 S.W.3d
529, 542 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2001, pet. ref’d); see Tex. Health & Safety
Code Ann. § 481.115(d) (Vernon Supp. 2009); Tex. Penal Code Ann.
§ 12.33(a) (Vernon Supp. 2009).

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