Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

David Eugene Weir, Appellant v. the State of Texas

March 11, 20092009 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 319

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that court costs are non‑punitive and therefore need not be included in the oral pronouncement of sentence. Accordingly, the appellate court's order deleting the trial court’s court‑cost assessment was reversed, while the remainder of the judgment was affirmed.