Torres v. State

COUNTISS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter under an enhanced indictment, Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.04(a) (Vernon 1974), and sentenced to serve 99 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and pay a $10,000 fine. He attacks the judgment of conviction by two grounds of error, contending (1) the trial court’s parole law instruction to the jury was unconstitutional, and (2) the prosecutor improperly commented to the jury on appellant’s failure to testify. We affirm.

By his first ground, appellant contends the parole law instruction mandated by Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann.…