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MATHIS v. STATE

No. PD-0536-13.

424 S.W.3d 89 (2014)

John Kent MATHIS, Appellant v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Sansom , Attorney at Law, Rockwall, TX, for appellant.

Jeff Shell , Assistant District Attorney, Rockwall, Lisa C. McMinn , State's Attorney, Austin, TX, for the State.

OPINION

COCHRAN, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which WOMACK, JOHNSON, and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

This case raises the old adage that you can't get blood from a turnip. The court of appeals modified the trial court's judgment to delete the requirement that appellant pay for a SCRAM device,1 concluding that a trial judge may not, over objection, order an indigent defendant to pay for a...

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