Sariah Garcia v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Date FiledAugust 12, 2026
Docket06-26-00021-CR
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
In the
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-26-00021-CR
SARIAH GARCIA, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 396th District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1736179
Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Rambin
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Sariah Garcia appeals1 four judgments adjudicating guilt, but her combined brief asserts
error in only two of them.2
We address Garcia’s combined brief in our opinion in her companion appellate cause
number 06-28-00018-CR. As stated in that opinion, in two of the trial court’s four judgments
appealed, there is a variance between oral pronouncement of sentence and the trial court’s
written judgments. The State concedes the variances. We therefore modify and affirm the
judgments in which there is a variance and affirm the judgments in which Garcia makes no
complaint.
This appeal concerns one of the trial court’s judgments in which there is a variance,
namely a judgment convicting Garcia of a state jail-felony offense of credit card or debit card
abuse. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 32.31(b), (d). During sentencing the trial court stated, “On
[each of] the [two] state jail cases, the sentence[s] will be six months state jail.” In this case, we
modify the trial court’s judgment by removing the “2 YEARS” confinement in state jail to
correctly reflect a sentence of “SIX MONTHS” confinement in state jail.
1
This appeal was transferred to this Court from the Second Court of Appeals pursuant to a Texas Supreme Court
docket equalization order. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (Supp.). Accordingly, we apply the precedent of
the Second Court of Appeals in deciding this case. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3.
2
In this opinion (trial court cause number 1736179), and in Garcia’s companion appellate cause number 06-26-
00018-CR (trial court cause number 1655158), she challenges the trial court’s written-imposed sentences. In her
companion appellate cause numbers 06-26-00019-CR and 06-26-00020-CR, Garcia does not assert any challenge.
2
Accordingly, in this case, we affirm the trial court’s judgment, as modified.
Jeff Rambin
Justice
Date Submitted: August 11, 2026
Date Decided: August 12, 2026
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