Carlos Omar Casillas AKA Carlos Omar Casillas Padilla v. State ( 2017 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-17-00151-CR
CARLOS OMAR CASILLAS AKA CARLOS OMAR CASILLAS PADILLA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 8th District Court
Hopkins County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1725962
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Burgess
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Carlos Omar Casillas, aka Carlos Omar Casillas Padilla, was convicted by the 8th Judicial
District Court of Hopkins County in this case of possession of child pornography1 and assessed
punishment of ten years’ imprisonment. This case was tried with seven companion cases, which
are the subject of other appeals pending before this Court.2 Casillas filed a single, consolidated
brief covering all eight appeals in which he contends (1) that his trial counsel gave him ineffective
assistance of counsel and (2) that the trial court erred in assessing a criminal technology fee.
The argument raised in this appeal is based exclusively on the argument brought before
this Court in the companion appeal styled Casillas v. State, cause number 06-17-00147-CR. In
our opinion of this date disposing of that appeal, we found that (1) Casillas has not shown that his
trial counsel gave him ineffective assistance and (2) the trial court was authorized to assess costs
for a criminal technology fee. For the reasons set out in that opinion, we overrule Casillas’ issues
as they apply to this appeal.
We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Ralph K. Burgess
Justice
Date Submitted: November 3, 2017
Date Decided: November 8, 2017
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1
See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 43.26(a) (West 2016).
2
In his companion cases, 06-17-00147-CR, 06-17-00148-CR, 06-17-00149-CR, 06-17-00150-CR, 06-17-00152-CR,
06-17-00153-CR, and 06-17-00154-CR, Casillas appeals from his convictions for seven additional counts of
possession of child pornography.
2