Keimig v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

Appellant was charged in a two count information with the offenses of theft over $200.00 and burglary of a building. Appellant entered a plea of guilty to both counts. After a presentence investigation report was prepared for the court, the trial judge assessed punishment at ten years for the theft count and twenty years for the burglary count. On appeal the Fourteenth Court of Appeals found that the offenses were improperly joined in a single indict ment in that the requirements of Article 21.24(a), V.A.C.C.P., were not…