Diaz v. State

OPINION

BUTTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for murder. TEX.PENAL.CODE ANN. § 19.-02(a)(1) (Vernon 1974). A jury assessed punishment at 40 years’ imprisonment.

Appellant brings 18 points of error, the first two regarding TEX.CODE CRIM.PROC.ANN. art. 37.07 (Vernon 1981 and Supp.1986). In his first point appellant says that amendments to article 37.07 permitting instruction on parole laws to juries violate the ex post facto provision of the constitution. U.S. CONST, art. I, § 9; TEX. CONST, art. I, § 16. We are not told by what means there is a violation, however. The fact that a…