Cartwright v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

WHITE, Judge.

On February 28, 1990, appellant, Donald Cartwright, was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance in Orange County. The jury assessed punishment at forty years’ confinement and a five thousand dollar fine. On appeal he complained that the trial court erred in permitting the jury to assess a fine which exceeded that authorized by law. The Ninth Court of Appeals at Beaumont affirmed his conviction after deciding, that although the trial court did indeed err, the error did not require reversal of the trial court’s…