Turner v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Willie Turner was tried and convicted of the offense of burglary. He was sentenced to eighteen years, fifteen to serve and three on probation. The evidence shows that at the presentencing proceedings, the trial court was aware that appellant Turner was pending trial on another unrelated burglary charge in another county. However, insofar as the record shows, there were no extant sentences being served by Turner at the time this first sentence was imposed by the trial court. It was not necessary, therefore, for the trial court to indicate whether the sentence was to be…