Odlozelik v. State

Appellant was convicted on his plea of guilty to the offense of forgery by passing. The trial court assessed punishment at ten years in prison and ordered “that the sentence ordered herein shall not run concurrent by [sic] shall run consecutive with any other sentence now being served.” On appeal the sole complaint is that the cumulation order is void. We agree.

A cumulation order should contain five elements describing the prior convictions, (1) the trial court number, (2) the trial court name, (3) the date of conviction, (4) the term of years, and (5) the offense of conviction. Banks v.…