           IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                       OF TEXAS
                                    NO. PD-1309-13



                     JAMES NATHAN ALEXANDER, Appellant

                                            v.

                               THE STATE OF TEXAS



            ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
                  FROM THE SIXTH COURT OF APPEALS
                            GREGG COUNTY



       Per curiam.

                                     OPINION


       Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison. On appeal,

he argued, among other things, that the evidence was insufficient to support the $10,111.50

in court costs assessed against him in the judgment. The Court of Appeals agreed, relying

on Johnson v. State, 389 S.W.3d 513 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2012). Alexander v.
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State, No. 06-12-00133-CR, 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 10511 (Tex. App. – Texarkana August

21, 2013) (not designated for publication).

       The State has filed a petition for discretionary review of this decision. We recently

handed down our opinion in Johnson v. State, No. PD-0193-13, 2014 Tex. Crim. App.

LEXIS 240 (Tex. Crim. App. February 26, 2014), in which we set forth a roadmap for

resolving questions regarding court costs. See also Cardenas v. State, No. PD-0733-13, 2014

Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 236 (Tex. Crim. App. February 26, 2014).

       The Court of Appeals in the instant case did not have the benefit of our opinion in

Johnson. Accordingly, we grant the State’s petition for discretionary review, vacate the

judgment of the Court of Appeals, and remand this case to the Court of Appeals in light of

our opinion in Johnson. No motion for rehearing will be entertained.

Delivered: April 16, 2014
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