Sanders v. State

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Edward Wayne Sanders appeals his conviction for aggravated sexual assault of a child. He complains of a jury instruction on the parole law and a portion of the jury charge regarding the date of the offense. He also urges that he is entitled to a new trial because the State used its peremptory jury challenges to purposefully eliminate black persons from the jury. We find these contentions to be without merit and affirm the conviction.

Pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Proc. Ann. art. 37.07, § 4(a) (Vernon Supp.1987), the jury was instructed as follows:

Under the law applicable…