ROLLING v. STATE

No. 939-89.

790 S.W.2d 653 (1990)

Leonard ROLLING, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

June 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence B. Mitchell, on appeal only, Dallas, for appellant.

John Vance, Dist. Atty., and Patricia Poppoff Noble, Julius Whittier and John Creuzot, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.


OPINION ON STATE'S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

CLINTON, Judge.

This is a conviction for murder. An instruction on the parole law under Article 37.07, § 4(a) is included in the charge on punishment; the jury assessed punishment at confinement for a term of 99 years and a fine of $2500.

Rejecting a challenge to the constitutionally of § 4(a) and the instruction it mandates, in an unpublished opinion the appellate court affirmed the...

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