Mark Chase Rhodes v. The State of Texas--Appeal from 100th District Court of Carson County (Per Curiam)

State: Texas

Court: Texas Northern District Court

Docket No: 07-11-00488-CR

Case Date: 12/05/2012

Plaintiff: Mark Chase Rhodes

Defendant: The State of Texas--Appeal from 100th District Court of Carson County (Per Curiam)

Preview:NO. 07-11-0488-CR IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT AMARILLO PANEL D DECEMBER 5, 2012

MARK CHASE RHODES, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee _____________________________ FROM THE 100TH DISTRICT COURT OF CARSON COUNTY; NO. 3517; HONORABLE DAN MIKE BIRD, PRESIDING

Memorandum Opinion

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ. Mark Chase Rhodes was adjudicated guilty of the offense of injury to an elderly individual and sentenced to ten years confinement in the Department of Criminal Justice and a $2000 fine. On appeal, he contends the trial court abused its discretion by

sentencing him to the maximum term of confinement allowed by statute. Instead, he sugggests that his probation should have continued. We affirm the judgment. After appellant pled guilty in 2007 to assaulting his former father-in-law, adjudication was deferred, and he was placed on probation for five years. In 2011, the

State filed a motion to adjudicate his guilt alleging that he had violated the conditions of his probation by 1) failing to report to his probation officer beginning in March 2010, 2) failing to pay his monthly community supervision fee for five months in 2010, 3) failing to pay court costs, a fine, and attorney's fees beginning in May 2010, 4) failing to complete 100 hours of community service by September 1, 2007, 5) failing to complete 100 hours of community service by March 1, 2008, 6) failing to complete 100 hours of community service by September 1, 2008, 7) failing to complete 100 hours of community service by March 1, 2009, and 8) failing to pay $100 to the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund. Appellant pled true to all of the allegations. After a hearing, the court assessed appellant's confinement at ten years, which appellant now challenges by claiming the record lacks "some evidence" to support the sentence. We overrule the issue. The sentence to be imposed by the trial court after an adjudication of guilt is left to the unfettered discretion of the trial judge. Smith v. State, 286 S.W.3d 333, 344 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). Moreover, the punishment imposed is not for the violation of the conditions of community supervision but for the crime that he committed and for which he was found guilty; here, that crime was a felony of the third degree. See Atchison v. State, 124 S.W.3d 755, 759-60 (Tex. App.

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