Hugill v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

SEARS, Justice.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty before a jury to five counts of securing execution of a document by deception. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 32.46. He was convicted of all five counts, and sentenced to imprisonment for three years for each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

On original submission before this court, appellant raised a single point of error, asserting that submission of an instruction to the jury on the law of parole, pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 37.07, § 4, violates the constitutional separation of powers, thereby mandating…