Cortez v. State

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant, Charles Cortez, appeals the trial court’s order denying bond pending an appeal from his conviction on six counts of bribery. Appellant’s punishment was assessed on each count at ten years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a fine of $10,000. On appeal, appellant complains the trial court erred in denying bond by applying the recently amended article 44.04(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to his cases. Appellant contends the current article 44.04(b) as applied to him “violates the ex post…