Newton v. State

OPINION OF APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

BERCHELMANN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery, Tex.Penal Code Ann. Sec. 29.03(a). The jury assessed punishment at thirty years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed appellant’s conviction, holding, among other things, that the trial court did not err in instructing the jury regarding parole laws. See Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 37.07 § 4(a). Newton v. State, No. 07-86-0016-CR (Tex.App.—Amarillo, delivered January 28, 1987). In reaching that determination, the Court…