McCoy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In Abron , the trial court adjudicated the guilt of a defendant who had previously been on deferred adjudication community supervision. Abron, 997 S.W.2d at 281 . The trial court had assessed a $2,000 fine as a condition of community supervision but did not pronounce the fine when it sentenced Abron after adjudicating his guilt. Id. The written judgment included the $2,000 fine. Id. We reasoned that, because deferring adjudication did not impose a “sentence,” the fine imposed as a condition of deferred adjudication community supervision was not part of the sentence ultimately assessed against Abron. Id. at 282 . We modified the trial court’s judgment to delete the fine. [[Image here]] We conclude Abron’s holding is still sound... .By adjudicating guilt, the trial court supplants its previous order deferring adjudication of guilt and imposing community supervision. The order adjudicating appellant’s guilt in this case specifically “set aside” the order deferring adjudication. Therefore, there was no longer a fine imposed on appellant [and] the entire punishment range for appellant’s offense was open to the trial court. This differs from the revocation of a probated sentence, where a previously announced sentence is imposed. (Emphasis added)”

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