Hyde v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Robert Hyde pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and a jury assessed his punishment at forty years confinement. In two points of error he contends the conviction should be reversed because the trial court failed to instruct the jury concerning the parole laws and because the sentence he received is excessive. We overrule these points and affirm the judgment.

Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 37.-07, § 4(a) (Vernon Supp.1986) provides that the trial court shall instruct the jury concerning the effect of the parole laws and credit for good conduct allowed inmates while…