Mark Basden v. State

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

On July 16, 1992, a jury convicted Mark Basden of aggravated assault on a correctional officer and assessed punishment at fifty years imprisonment. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.02(a)(2) (Vernon Supp.1993). The court “stacked” this sentence on a prior conviction. See Tex.Code CRIm.PROcAnn. art. 42.08 (Vernon Supp.1993). In his sole point, Basden complains of the court’s order cumulating his sentence.

At the time Basden committed this aggravated assault, he was serving time on a fifty-year sentence for aggravated robbery. While incarcerated for the robbery, but prior to…