Jones v. State

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Curtis Lee Jones was indicted for five separate aggravated robberies, two attempted capital murders, and one aggravated assault. Eventually, appellant entered a plea of “guilty” to each offense before a jury. The jury assessed punishment, and the trial court pronounced sentence in each case, ordering some, but not all, of the sentences to run consecutively. We reform and affirm two of the convictions and affirm the other six.

In his first two points of error, appellant contends that two of the convictions contain sentences with invalid cumulation orders. In Laporte v.…