State v. Jerome Paul Marroquin

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MACKEY K. HANCOCK, Justice.

Appellee, Jerome Paul Marroquin, was indicted for the offense of accident involving injury or death. Appellee subsequently entered a plea of guilty without benefit of a plea bargain. The trial court sentenced appellee to eight years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, with a fine of $800; however, the sentence was suspended and appellee was placed on probation for a period of eight years. The State of Texas filed notice of appeal alleging in one issue that the sentence was illegal and thereby void.…