Turner v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

ONION, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault in Cause No. 39,863 in the 10th District Court of Galveston County. The jury assessed his punishment at forty (40) years’ imprisonment. Immediately prior to formal sentencing the trial court conducted a hearing on the State’s written motion for “consecutive sentencing” pursuant to Article 42.08, V.A. C.C.P., requesting that the sentence to be imposed not begin until the sentence in a prior conviction “(Cause Number 39,830)” 1 had ceased to operate. At…