Court Opinion

ID: 9909373
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-13 10:09:38.113815+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:49:11.978485
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In the
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                   No. 06-23-00145-CR

         AARON ROSS EPPERSON, Appellant

                            V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

         On Appeal from the 115th District Court
                Marion County, Texas
                Trial Court No. F15099

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

       Aaron Ross Epperson pled guilty to evading arrest with a motor vehicle, a third-degree

felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 38.04. Epperson entered into a plea-bargain agreement

with the State which encompassed not only the offense at issue in this case, but also the offense

at issue in companion cause number 06-23-00144-CR, aggravated assault of a public servant.

Pursuant to the plea agreement, Epperson was placed on deferred adjudication community

supervision for three years. The terms and conditions of Epperson’s community supervision

required him to, among other things, refrain from committing another crime.

       The State alleged that Epperson breached the terms of his community supervision by

committing another crime, namely attempted burglary of a habitation. The State moved to

adjudicate Epperson’s guilt on both offenses encompassed by the plea agreement. After an

evidentiary hearing, the trial court found the State’s allegation true, and adjudicated Epperson’s

guilt on both offenses encompassed by the plea agreement.

       For evading arrest with a motor vehicle, the trial court sentenced Epperson to ten years’

imprisonment. Appealing that conviction and sentence, Epperson argues that the evidence was

legally insufficient to prove that he had violated the terms and conditions of his community

supervision by committing attempted burglary of a habitation.          We addressed Epperson’s

argument in detail in our opinion in companion cause number 06-23-00144-CR. For the reasons

stated therein, we conclude that legally sufficient evidence supported the trial court’s decision to

adjudicate Epperson’s guilt in this matter. As a result, we overrule Epperson’s point of error.

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      We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

                                              Jeff Rambin
                                              Justice

Date Submitted:      November 27, 2023
Date Decided:        December 8, 2023

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