Jason Britt Redden v. State ( 2019 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-18-00353-CR
Jason Britt Redden, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 26TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 15-1473-K26, HONORABLE BURT CARNES, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Jason Britt Redden was charged with assault family violence for allegedly assaulting
his girlfriend, and the indictment also alleged that Redden had previously been convicted of a
similar offense. See Tex. Penal Code § 22.01(a)-(b). After being charged, Redden entered into a
plea-bargain agreement with the State in which he agreed to plead guilty to the charged offense in
exchange for the State recommending that his adjudication of guilt be deferred, and that he be
placed on community supervision. The district court accepted Redden’s plea, deferred sentencing,
and placed him on deferred-adjudication community supervision. A little over a year later, the
State moved to revoke Redden’s community supervision and adjudicate his guilt. At the end of
the adjudication hearing, the district court found three of the State’s allegations to be true, revoked
Redden’s community supervision, adjudicated his guilt, and sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment.
In one issue on appeal, Redden asserts that the district court’s judgment adjudicating his guilt
contains a clerical error and asks this Court to modify the judgment to correct the alleged error.
We will modify the district court’s judgment adjudicating Redden’s guilt and affirm the judgment
as modified.1
During the revocation hearing, Redden pleaded not true to all of the State’s revocation
allegations. However, as Redden notes, the district court’s judgment states that Redden pleaded
true to all of the revocation allegations. In light of this disparity, Redden argues that the district
court’s judgment should be reformed to correct the clerical error, and the State agrees.
This Court has the authority to modify incorrect judgments when it has the information
necessary to do so. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(b); Bigley v. State, 865 S.W.2d 26, 27-28 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1993); see also Parker v. State, No. 03-12-00540-CR, 2013 WL 2631621, at *1 (Tex.
App.—Austin June 7, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (modifying trial
court’s judgment revoking defendant’s community supervision to reflect that defendant pleaded
not true to revocation allegation). Accordingly, we sustain Redden’s issue on appeal and modify
the judgment adjudicating Redden’s guilt to reflect that Redden pleaded not true to the State’s
revocation allegations.
Having sustained Redden’s issue on appeal, we modify the district court’s judgment
adjudicating Redden’s guilt in the manner set out above and affirm that judgment as modified.
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In his brief, Redden also asserts that there was an error present in the district court’s
certification of his right to appeal. After Redden filed his brief, this Court requested that the district
court prepare a supplemental certification, and the supplemental certification correctly states that
this case “is not a plea-bargain case” and that Redden “has the right to appeal.” Accordingly, we
need not further address Redden’s argument pertaining to the certification.
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Thomas J. Baker, Justice
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana
Modified and, as Modified, Affirmed
Filed: April 24, 2019
Do Not Publish
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