Troy Eugene Welch v. the State of Texas

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-21-00284-CR TROY EUGENE WELCH, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee From the 278th District Court Leon County, Texas Trial Court No. 19-0131CR DISSENTING OPINION In a number of proceedings, the Court has used an abatement procedure purporting to allow the trial court to reconsider its judgment regarding the assessment of mandatory court costs. This is one of those proceedings. I dissented to the use of the procedure at the time it was utilized. The abatement procedure resulted in the trial court rendering a judgment nunc pro tunc attempting to correct…