Byrd v. State

MAJORITY OPINION

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant, James Lee Byrd, pled guilty to the murder of Brenida Johnson, and the jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. In two issues, appellant alleges the trial court erred in (1) admitting unfairly prejudicial medical records of the victim and (2) giving an ambiguous jury instruction on parole eligibility. We affirm.

Factual and ProceduRal Background

Appellant and Johnson had been living together at the Skylane Apartments. Pri- or to the incident in this case, on…