Stokes v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was convicted in Cause No. 13,284-A in the 188th District Court of Gregg County in a jury trial for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The jury assessed punishment at ten years’ imprisonment in the Department of' Corrections and a $3,000.00 fine.

On appeal, the appellant raised a number of grounds of error. The Tyler Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court, but reformed the sentence, ordering that' it run concurrently rather than consecutively with a prior conviction. Stokes v. State…