Elbert Lee Sanders v. State

OPINION

Opinion by:

PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ, Justice.

A jury convicted Appellant Elbert Lee Sanders of aggravated assault-habitual of fender and possession of a firearm by a felon. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 22.02, 46.04 (West 2011). He was sentenced to confinement terms of fifty-five years and twenty years, respectively. On appeal, Sanders contends the trial court erred in including two standard instructions in the punishment phase jury charge: (1) an instruction on good conduct time and parole law, and (2) an instruction for the jury not to consider sympathy. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

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