Durham v. State

The single instrument purporting to be the formal sentences pronouncing judgments as to all counts is set out in part in the majority opinion and need not be repeated here. It is by no means a model to be emulated, but it does reflect the appellant was found guilty to all three counts, and unlike the instruments in Parks v. State, 553 S.W.2d 114 (Tex.Cr.App.1977), and in Robinson v. State, 553 S.W.2d 371 (Tex.Cr.App.1977), it assesses punishment “as to each charge.” Cf. White v. State, 543 S.W.2d 130 (Tex.Cr.App.1976). It does not, however, apply the indeterminate sentence law to all counts,…