OPINION
WOODARD, Justice.
Appellant's sole point of error concerns the court's charging the jury with the instruction set forth in Article 37.07, sec. 4(a), Tex.Code Crim.Pro.Ann., regarding the parole law. He states this is a violation of the separate powers doctrine by allowing the jurors to consider the expectation of clemency powers in assessing punishment. We affirm.
Article IV, sec. 11, of the Texas Constitution grants the Governor power, after...
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