McCuen v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant William J. McCuen appeals from a judgment entered nunc pro tunc which corrected an earlier judgment and commitment order by adding a fine of $30,000. McCuen contends in this appeal that the omission of the $30,000 fine in the first judgment is a judicial error which cannot be corrected after appeal. We disagree and affirm.

On April 29, 1996, McCuen was sentenced by the trial judge in open court to seventeen years imprisonment and a $30,000 fine, following guilty pleas entered previously. The next day, the trial judge signed the judgment and commitment order,…