Collins v. State

Opinion

BRIAN QUINN, Chief Justice.

We have before us a rather novel question posed by Donald Earl Collins. After the State succeeded in having his community supervision or probation revoked, he asked the trial court to grant him credit on his ten-year prison sentence equal to the time he sat in prison while serving a different sentence. The trial court granted him some relief but not all that he sought. We affirm the judgment.

Background

The circumstances before us involve two distinct driving while intoxicated offenses for which appellant was prosecuted simultaneously. One resulted in his…