Atomanczyk v. State

*225OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

On April 2, 1987, the First Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed the trial court’s judgment in its cause numbered 01-86-0546-CR, in which James E. Atomanczyk, henceforth appellant, was shown to have been convicted by a jury of the offense of murder. The jury also assessed punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for life and a $10,000 fine. The court of appeals rejected, inter alia, appellant’s contention that Art. 37.07, § 4, V.A.C.C.P. (which then governed the giving of a statutory instruction on parole) was…