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| File a motion to cumulate sentence citing Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 3.03(b)(3)(A) as authority for ordering possession of child pornography sentences to run consecutively. There's a sample motion in the back of the TDCAA Investigation and Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse manual on page 260, with notice of intent and order on the next few pages. It's probably not strictly necessary to do so; there's authority that Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 42.08(a) vests a trial court with discretion to cumulate a sentence without the necessity for a motion by the State (see e.g. Strahan v. State, 306 S.W.3d 342 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2010, pet. ref'd). The better practice would be to file a motion, though. |
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