Abraham C. Martinez v. State

OPINION

AL SCOGGINS, Justice

In this appeal, appellant, Abraham Chavez Martinez, complains that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in ordering the sentence in this case to run consecutive to a prior sentence in which appellant was on parole; and (2) the assessment of court costs violates his equal-protection rights in light of the Texas Supreme Court’s recent pronouncement in Campbell v. Wilder, 487 S.W.3d 146, 152 (Tex. 2016). Because the trial court erred in ordering the sentence in this case to run consecutive to a prior sentence in which appellant was on parole, we modify the trial…