Tan Kien Tu v. State

OPINION

AMIDEI, Justice (Assigned).

A Harris County jury found appellant, Tan Kien Tu, guilty of engaging in organized criminal activity and assessed his punishment at 99 years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. See Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 71.02 (Vernon 1994 & Supp.2000). The indictment alleged that Tu, with the intent to establish, maintain, and participate in a criminal combination or the profits of a criminal combination, committed the offense of theft of more than $200,000 from five specified insurance companies, over a period of approximately fifteen months, pursuant to a single scheme or…