EX PARTE FORWARD

No. AP-75705.

258 S.W.3d 151 (2008)

Ex parte John Patrick FORWARD, Applicant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

July 2, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Patrick Forward, pro se.

Rodney D. Conerly, Asst. Criminal District Atty., Beaumont, Jeffrey L. Van Horn, State's Atty., Austin, for State.


KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

This case presents a complex problem involving the stacking of sentences and eligibility for mandatory supervision. What is important to keep in mind as we wade through a series of "savings clauses" is not to confuse the when of eligibility for release with the whether of eligibility for release. Running a sentence for a pre-1987 offense consecutively...

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