Court Opinion

ID: 9679253
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:45:24.226165+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:11.824811
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LESLIE BROCK YATES, Justice,
concurring on Rehearing En Banc.
I write separately to note my disagreement with the majority’s conclusion that Smith received sufficient notice that the State was seeking to revoke his bond. According to our opinion in Robinson v. State, 700 S.W.2d 710 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1985, no pet.), Smith was entitled to due process protections of notice and a reasonable opportunity to be heard. Thus, in order to prepare a defense and have a reasonable opportunity to be heard, I believe Smith was entitled to prior notice. Here, notice that the trial court could revoke his bond if he violated the bond conditions is insufficient to prepare a meaningful defense. However, I agree with the majority’s rationale that under the specific facts of this case, Smith waived his right to complain about lack of notice by failing to object until after the court had ruled and long after it was apparent that the purpose of the hearing was, at least in part, to seek revocation of Smith’s bond. See Marin v. State, 851 S.W.2d 275 (Tex.Crim.App.1993), overruled on other grounds, 947 S.W.2d 262 (Tex.Crim.App. 1997) (noting that all but the most fundamental rights are forfeited if not insisted upon by the party to whom they belong); see also Sterling v. State, 800 S.W.2d 513 (Tex.Crim.App.1990) (holding that defendant waived claim of deprivation of due course and due process by failing to object at trial).
Justices HUDSON and FOWLER join in this concurrence.