Court Opinion

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

                  No. 06-13-00031-CR

        ROBERT LYNN MCCARVER, Appellant

                           V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

          On Appeal from the 6th District Court
               Red River County, Texas
               Trial Court No. CR01228

       Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
      Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss
                                     MEMORANDUM OPINION
           In the fall of 2011, after pleading guilty to the offense of deadly conduct, 1 Robert Lynn

McCarver was placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for a period of eight

years, was ordered to pay a fifty-dollar Crime Stoppers’ fee, and was ordered to serve seventy-

five days in jail as a condition of community supervision. 2

           In September 2012, the State filed a motion to proceed with adjudication, alleging

McCarver was delinquent in the payment of court costs. The motion further alleged McCarver

made a terroristic threat in April 2012, committed the offense of harassment in May 2012, and

committed assault causing bodily injury in August 2012. McCarver thereafter signed written

plea admonishments, indicating a plea of true to the allegations contained in paragraphs one

(failure to pay court costs) and four (assault causing bodily injury) and seeking sentencing by the

court. 3

           During the revocation hearing, McCarver pled true to the allegations contained in

paragraphs one and four, and a written judicial confession to these alleged violations, signed by

1
    TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.05 (West 2011).
2
 An amended order of deferred adjudication was entered on the same day as the original order, supplementing
conditions of community supervision to reflect that the State did not object to work release. Approximately one
month later, the State moved to proceed with adjudication, alleging McCarver violated the terms of his community
supervision by failing to abstain from the use of alcoholic beverages on December 10, 2011, when McCarver
reported to the jail from work release and had been drinking alcohol. McCarver’s community supervision was
modified to require that he serve 130 days in the Red River County Jail.
3
 Paragraph one of the motion to revoke claimed McCarver was delinquent in the payment of court costs, paragraph
two claimed McCarver committed the offense of harassment while on community supervision, paragraph three
claimed McCarver committed the offense of terroristic threat while on community supervision, and paragraph four
claimed McCarver committed the offense of assault causing bodily injury while on community supervision.
McCarver pled true to the allegations contained in paragraphs one and four and not true to the allegations contained
in paragraphs two and three.

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McCarver and his attorney, was admitted into evidence without objection. The trial court

revoked McCarver’s deferred adjudication, adjudged him guilty of deadly conduct, and

sentenced him to ten years’ incarceration. McCarver stated, in open court, that trial counsel

advised him of the rights that would be waived on signing the admonishment and, further, that he

explained the effect of waiving those rights. McCarver indicated that he fully understood the

plea admonishment and had no questions concerning the admonishment or the hearing.

McCarver pled not true to the allegations in paragraphs two and three of the motion. 4

           McCarver’s complaints stem from the fact that the adjudication hearing actually

encompassed four separate motions to adjudicate. The instant matter involves adjudication for

the offense of deadly conduct in trial court cause number CR01228. The three remaining matters

involve adjudications for the offenses of aggravated assault, 5 child endangerment, 6 and deadly

conduct 7 (an offense separate and distinct from the offense here). Each of the trial court matters

included a motion to adjudicate. McCarver pled true to the allegations set forth in paragraphs

one and four of each of the motions to adjudicate. While paragraph one in each such motion is

identical (except as to amount), paragraph four is not. The first paragraph in each motion states

that McCarver was delinquent in the payment of court costs. Paragraph four in the motion to

4
    The State abandoned allegations set forth in paragraphs two and three.
5
 The judgment adjudicating guilt in trial court cause number CR01260 is the subject of a separate opinion, of even
date, bearing appellate cause number 06-13-00033-CR.
6
 The judgment adjudicating guilt in trial court cause number CR01229 is the subject of a separate opinion, of even
date, bearing appellate cause number 06-13-00032-CR.
7
 The judgment adjudicating guilt in trial court cause number CR01215 is the subject of a separate opinion, of even
date, bearing appellate cause number 06-13-00030-CR.

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adjudicate in this matter claimed that McCarver violated the terms of his community supervision

by committing the offense of assault causing bodily injury. However, paragraph four of the

motion to revoke in trial court cause number CR01215 states that McCarver failed to pay a

Crime Stoppers’ fee—an allegation not contained in the underlying motion to adjudicate. 8

        Based on this difference, McCarver contends that he could not have voluntarily,

knowingly, and intelligently entered a plea of true because the record does not reflect that he

fully understood the nature of the accusations against him. In a similar vein, McCarver contends

the trial court erred in accepting his plea of true because it was ambiguous. This, he claims, was

a violation of his due process rights.

        We addressed these issues in detail in our opinion of this date on McCarver’s appeal in

cause number 06-13-00030-CR. For the reasons stated therein, we likewise conclude that error

has not been shown in this case.

        We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

                                                     Josh R. Morriss, III
                                                     Chief Justice

Date Submitted:           August 7, 2013
Date Decided:             August 8, 2013

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8
 We take judicial notice that paragraph four in the motions to adjudicate filed in trial court cause numbers CR01229
and CR01260 stated that McCarver committed the offense of aggravated assault while on community supervision.
We take judicial notice that paragraph four, in the motion to adjudicate filed in trial court cause number CR01215,
stated that McCarver failed to pay a Crime Stoppers’ fee. See TEX. R. EVID. 201 (judicial notice of adjudicative
facts).

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