Applin v. State

I cannot join the majority opinion for several reasons. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s statements that

even assuming that the infractions that led to these conditions of community supervision [periods of incarceration] serve in part as the same foundation that supports the State’s petition for revocation, we conclude that there is no double jeopardy issue. Indeed, under Texas law a trial court can impose jail-time conditions “for any reason and perhaps for no reason” at “any time during the supervision period” and not credit that time to a sentence suspension that is eventually…