Washington v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

EVANS, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at 50 years confinement. In her appeal, appellant asserted that the parole charge given to the jury pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.P. Ann. art. 37.07, sec. 4,1 violated the separation of powers doctrine. Upholding the constitutionality of the statute, this Court overruled the points of error. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated the judgment of this Court .and remanded the cause so the point concerning the parole charge may be reconsidered in light of its holding in Rose v. State,…