Southern Political Consulting, Inc. v. State

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

Southern Political Consulting, Inc., appellant, was indicted in Harris County, in a single charging instrument, for 64 counts of the class A misdemeanor offense of forgery. Pursuant to a motion for change of venue, the causes were tried in Hays County. A jury found appellant guilty on 38 counts of forgery, and assessed punishment at a $1000 fine for each count. On October 24, 1988, the trial court signed the judgments pronouncing the sentences, but did not rule whether the fines were to run consecutively or concurrently. At a hearing on December 7, 1988 in Harris…