State v. Crook

HOLCOMB, J.,

filed a dissenting opinion, in which JOHNSON and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding that the concurrent provision of the Texas Penal Code Section 3.03(a) applies to the entire sentence, including fines.

Since 1899, this Court has held that pecuniary fines imposed in separate cases should be cumulated. See Ex Parte Banks, 41 Tex.Crim. 201, 53 S.W. 688 (1899). Accord Ex Parte Williams, 133 Tex.Crim. 116, 109 S.W.2d 171 (1937); Ex Parte Hall, 158 Tex.Crim. 646, 258 S.W.2d 806 (1953); Bristow v. State, 160 Tex. Crim. 111, 267 S.W.2d 415 (1954);…