LUQUIS v. STATE

No. 09-98-535 CR.

997 S.W.2d 442 (1999)

Edgar LUQUIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided August 31, 1999.

Rehearing Overruled October 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debbie S. Holmes, State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, for appellant.

Mark Mullin, Special Prosecution Unit, Huntsville, for State.

Before WALKER, C.J., BURGESS and STOVER, JJ.


OPINION

WALKER, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Edgar Luquis of murder and assessed punishment at confinement for life in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. The two issues presented for review concern the parole law instruction included in the jury charge on punishment.

Issue one asks, "Did the trial court err in overruling appellant's objection to the portion of the jury charge which described the effect of good time...

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