Brass v. State

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

Willie Mayes Brass, appellant, was convicted of murder. The jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for twenty years. Appeal has been perfected to this Court on a single ground of error.

Appellant claims reversible error was committed by the trial court in overruling his objection to the portion of the court’s charge to the jury concerning probation. The pertinent portion of the charge is as follows:

The Defendant has filed his sworn motion for probation herein, alleging that he has never before been convicted of a felony in…