AUSTIN v. STATE

No. 09-86-180 CR.

748 S.W.2d 546 (1988)

John Samuel AUSTIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

As Amended April 4, 1988.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Zimmermann and Albert M. Dworkin, Zimmermann & Lavine, Houston, for appellant.

Steve Greene, Asst. Dist. Atty., Liberty, for appellee.


OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of the murder of his brother and assessed his punishment at twenty years confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. He brings forth three points of error. The first two both relate to TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC. ANN. art. 37.07(4) (Vernon Supp.1988) or the parole law jury instruction. The final point of error complains of improper jury argument.

In his first point of error, appellant alleges...

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