State v. Crook

OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, and KEASLER, JJ., joined.

In this case, we decide that the trial court was required to order appellee’s thirteen fines (of $10,000 each) to run concurrently.

A jury convicted appellee in a single criminal action of thirteen counts of barra-try,1 which arose out of the same criminal episode.2 The jury assessed punishment on each count at 10 years confinement with a recommendation of community supervision (probation) for this portion of appel-lee’s sentence. The jury also assessed a $10,000 fine on each count with no recommendation of probation for this portion of…