Izaguirre, Jose v. Texas, the State Of

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JUDGMENT
JOSE IZAGUIRRE, a/k/a DANNY Appeal from the Criminal District Court
CORTEZ, Appellant No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas. (Tr.Ct.No.
F91-66455-KHI).
No. 05-92-02034-CR V. Opinion delivered by Justice Morris,
Justices Chapman and Hankinson
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee participating.
Based on the Court's opinion of this date, the judgment of the trial court is
AFFIRMED.
Judgment entered February 26, 1997.
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Affirmed and Opinion Filed February 26, 1997
In The
Qfourt of Appeals
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No. 05-92-02034-CR
JOSE IZAGUIRRE, a/k/a DANNY CORTEZ, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F91-66455-KHI
OPINION
Before Justices Chapman, Morris, and Hankinson
Opinion by Justice Morris
Jose Izaguirre, a/k/a Danny Cortez, appeals his conviction for burglary of a vehicle.
In one point of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred when cumulating his
sentence. Concluding that the trial court's cumulation order was sufficient, we overrule
appellant's point of error and affirm the trial court's judgment.
On June 19, 1992, in the Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas,
before the Honorable LarryBaraka, Judge, appellant entered an open plea of guilty. Judge
Baraka assessed punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for ten years and a fine
of $1,000. Judge Baraka also stated that appellant's sentence would not start until he
"completed and discharged" his sentence in "F-90-45742-I."
In one point of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in not ordering his
sentence to start on the date sentence was pronounced. Appellant attacks the trial judge's
oral pronouncement of sentence, not the trial court's written judgment.1 Appellant argues
that the trial court's use of the words "completed and discharged" in its oral pronouncement
did not conform with the terminology of article 42.08 of the Texas Code of Criminal
Procedure, which uses the words "ceased to operate." See Act of May 29, 1989, 71st Leg.,
R.S., ch. 785, § 4.11, 1989 Tex. Gen. Laws 3471, 3495, amended by Act of May 29, 1993,
73rd Leg., R.S., ch. 900, § 5.03, 1993 Tex. Gen. Laws 3586, 3745 (current version at Tex.
Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 42.08 (Vernon Supp. 1997)). Appellant also maintains that the
trial court's reference to only a cause number was insufficient. See Young v. State, 579
S.W.2d 10, 11 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1979). Appellant concludes that the trial
court's cumulation order is invalid.
An order of cumulation should contain the correct name of the court in which the
defendant was earlier convicted. Id. at 10. It should also contain the trial court cause
The trial court's judgment provides:
Said [judgment], sentence, and term of punishment in this cause shallcommence and run when the sentence
in Cause No. F90-45742-I, a previous conviction of the defendant for the offenseof ROBBERY, in the CDC
# 2 DistrictCourt of DallasCounty, Texas,has [been]servedand has ceased to operate. The sentence in said
priorcause was imposed on 6-19, 1992, and was for a term of confinement in the Inst. Div. of Tex. Dept. of
Crim. Just, for 20 YRS TDC.
number, the date, the term of years, and the nature of the earlier conviction. Id. Courts
have upheld cumulation orders containing less than all the recommended elements. Id. A
cumulation order must be sufficiently specific so that both the defendant and the prison
authorities know with which earlier conviction the instant sentence is cumulated. See
Williams v. State, 675 S.W.2d 754, 764 (Tex. Crim. App. 1984) (op. on reh'g).
Appellate courts may take judicial notice of their own records in the same or related
proceedings involving the same or nearly the same parties. Turner v. State, 733 S.W.2d 218,
223 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987). We take judicial notice oilzaguirre v. State, No. 05-92-01836-
CR (Tex. App.--Dallas, Febr. 26, 1997, n.p.h.) (not designated for publication), which at
trial was before the Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County, Texas. The trial court
cause number was F90-45742-WQI. In that case, on June 19, 1992, before Judge Baraka,
appellant pled true to the allegations in the State's motion to proceed to an adjudication of
guilt, and Judge Baraka found appellant guilty of robbery and assessed punishment at
confinement in the state penitentiary for twenty years and a fine of $500.
If the trial court intends to cumulate a sentence, it must do so when it orally
pronounces sentence. Ex parte Vasquez, 712 S.W.2d 754, 754-55 (Tex. Crim. App. 1986).
Precise compliance with the terminology of article 42.08 is not required. See Williams, 675
S.W.2d at 762 ("stacked" is synonymous with "cumulative" or "consecutive"); Fair v. State,
710 S.W.2d 188, 190 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 1986, no pet.) (when earlier sentence
"completed"). At the June 19, 1992 hearing, appellant asked the judge to have his
punishments for this offense and the robbery run concurrently. Although the trial judge did
not use the precise terminology ofarticle 42.08, he nevertheless informed appellant that he
was rejecting that request and was cumulating his sentence. The judge's comment did not
mislead appellant. See Fair, 710 S.W.2d at 190.
Reference to only a cause number is sufficient if the earlier conviction was from the
same court. Williams, 675 S.W.2d at 764; Ex parte Davis, 506 S.W.2d 882, 883-84 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1974); Ex parte Lewis, 414 S.W.2d 682, 683 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). The
earlier sentence in this case was from the same court, the same judge, and the same date.
We conclude the judge's reference to the cause number was sufficient. Id.
We overrule appellant's point of error and affirm the trial court's judgment.
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