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Affirmed as Modified and Opinion Filed March 5, 2014

                                            In The
                                 Court of Appeals
                          Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                     No. 05-13-01346-CR
                                     No. 05-13-01347-CR

                           SANTOS ADRIAN ARMIJO, Appellant

                                               V.

                             THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

                     On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 3
                                  Dallas County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause Nos. F13-54598-J, F13-54294-J

                              MEMORANDUM OPINION
                          Before Justices Moseley, Francis, and Lang
                                  Opinion by Justice Francis

       Santos Adrian Armijo waived a jury and pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated

robbery with a deadly weapon. The trial court assessed punishment at twenty years in prison and

a $5,000 fine in each case. The trial court’s judgments also include orders that appellant pay

$244 in court costs. In three issues, appellant contends the trial court abused its discretion by

sentencing him to imprisonment and insufficient evidence exists to support the orders that he pay

$244 in court costs. A cross-issue by the State seeks modification of one judgment to include the

fine amount. We modify the judgment in cause no. 05-13-01346-CR and affirm as modified, and

we affirm the trial court’s judgment in cause no. 05-13-01347-CR.
       In his first issue, appellant argues the trial court abused its discretion by sentencing him

to imprisonment in each case because such punishment violates the objectives of the penal code.

Appellant asserts the sentences are merely punitive and do not address his longstanding drug

addiction issues. The State responds that appellant failed to preserve this issue for appellate

review and, alternatively, the trial court properly exercised its discretion in assessing the

sentences.

       Appellant did not complain about the sentences either at the time they were imposed or in

a motion for new trial. See TEX. R. APP. P. 33.1(a)(1); Castaneda v. State, 135 S.W.3d 719, 723

(Tex. App.—Dallas 2003, no pet.). Thus, appellant has not preserved his issue for review.

       Moreover, as a general rule, punishment that is assessed within the statutory range for an

offense is not excessive or unconstitutionally cruel or unusual. Kirk v. State, 949 S.W.2d 769,

772 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1997, pet. ref’d). In each case, appellant was indicted for the first-

degree felony offense of aggravated robbery. The punishment range is imprisonment for five to

ninety-nine years or life and an optional fine not to exceed $10,000. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN.

§§ 12.32, 29.03(b). The twenty-year sentences imposed in these cases are on the low end of the

statutory range for the offense.

       We conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing appellant to

imprisonment. See Jackson v. State, 680 S.W.2d 809–14 (Tex. Crim. App. 1984) (sentence

within proper range of punishment will not be disturbed on appeal). We resolve appellant’s first

issue against him.

       In his second and third issues, appellant contends the evidence is insufficient to support

the order in each case that he pay $244 in court costs because the clerk’s records do not contain

proper written bills of costs. The record before us contains the bills of costs. Appellant’s

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complaints have been addressed and rejected. See Johnson v. State, No. PD-0193-13, 2014 WL
714736, at *4–8 (Tex. Crim. App. Feb. 26, 2014); Coronel v. State, 416 S.W.3d 550, 555–56

(Tex. App.—Dallas 2013, pet. ref’d). We overrule appellant’s second and third issues.

       In a cross-issue, the State asks us to modify the judgment in cause no. 05-13-01346-CR

to include the $5,000 fine that was orally pronounced by the trial court when appellant was

sentenced. The record shows the trial court assessed a $5,000 in each case when it imposed the

twenty-year prison sentences. The judgment, however, omits the fine. When a conflict exists

between the oral pronouncement and the judgment, the oral pronouncement controls. See Coffey

v. State, 979 S.W.2d 326, 328 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). We sustain the State’s cross-point.

       In cause no. 05-13-01346-CR, we modify the trial court’s judgment to include the $5,000

fine orally pronounced. As modified, we affirm the trial court’s judgment. In cause no. 05-13-

01347-CR, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Do Not Publish                                       /Molly Francis/
TEX. R. APP. P. 47                                   MOLLY FRANCIS
131346F.U05                                          JUSTICE

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                                Court of Appeals
                         Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

                                        JUDGMENT

SANTOS ADRIAN ARMIJO, Appellant                       Appeal from the Criminal District Court
                                                      No. 3 of Dallas County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No.
No. 05-13-01346-CR        V.                          F13-54598-J).
                                                      Opinion delivered by Justice Francis,
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee                          Justices Moseley and Lang participating.

       Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, the trial court’s judgment is MODIFIED as
follows:

       The section entitled “Fine” is modified to show “$5,000.”

       As modified, we AFFIRM the trial court’s judgment.

       Judgment entered March 5, 2015

 
 
 
                                                     /Molly Francis/
                                                     MOLLY FRANCIS
                                                     JUSTICE
 

 
 
 

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                               Court of Appeals
                        Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

                                       JUDGMENT

SANTOS ADRIAN ARMIJO, Appellant                     Appeal from the Criminal District Court
                                                    No. 3 of Dallas County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No.
No. 05-13-01347-CR       V.                         F13-54294-J).
                                                    Opinion delivered by Justice Francis,
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee                        Justices Moseley and Lang participating.

      Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, the trial court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

      Judgment entered March 5, 2014

 
                                                   /Molly Francis/
                                                   MOLLY FRANCIS
                                                   JUSTICE
 
 

 

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